Olympic Sports Center Subway Station

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Olympic Sports Center Subway Station Ditie Aotizhongxin Zhan 地铁奥体中心站 地鐵奧體中心站
Above-ground view
Interior view
Station Number(s)	808
Location	Olympic Green, Chaoyang District
Lines	Subway Line 8
Platforms	2 (on a central island platform)
First Train	06:25 (Subway Line 8 to Beitucheng)
Last Train	22:37 (Subway Line 8 to South Gate of Forest Park)
Disabled Access	Elevator available
Nearby Bus Stations	- Bus Station
Nearby Bus Lines
Park and Ride Services
Notes
[[|360px]] Station diagram

The Olympic Sports Center Subway Station is an underground subway station on the Beijing Subway's Line 8.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Architecture 3.1 Interior 4 Station Layout 4.1 Platform Layout 5 Station Services 5.1 Ticketing 6 Train Services 7 Neighboring Subway Stations 8 Exits

History

The Olympic Sports Center station used to be called in earlier plans the Olympic Center station (地铁奥林匹克中心站); however, this name was revised in early 2008 naming schemes.

The station was built in 2008 and opened at 14:00 on July 19, 2008. However, access to the station was only for authorized Olympic personnel during the Olympic Games. The station opened to the public on October 9, 2008.

Geography

The Olympic Sports Center Subway Station is in the Olympic Green; geographically, it is close to Beichen Bridge. In its vicinity are also:

• North 4th Ring Road
• Beichen East Road
• Beichen Road (north-south)
• Central Axis Plaza
• Guojiatiyuchang South Road
• Minzuyuan Road
• Nationality Avenue
• Tianchen East Road
• Tianchen West Road

Architecture

The Olympic Sports Center station appears on the outside as four exits, which appear in a totally new form.

Interior

The Olympic Sports Center station has two underground levels, with the platform on the lower level. Underground Level 1 is a split hall between a northern side hall with Exits A and B, and a southern side hall with Exits C and D. Passengers from Underground Level 2 must choose their exits in advance before leaving the platform level.

The station is supported by two rows of white square columns at platform level.

Station Layout

Ground Level (Public area)		Exits (B1, B2, C, D)
Underground Level 1 (Mixed area)		Access to all exits Manned ticket counters Fare adjustment counter Automatic ticket machines (-) Beijing Super Pass card kiosks (-) Ticket barriers (-)
Underground Level 2 (Paid area)	Western platform	Subway Line 8 to Beitucheng (Next station: Beitucheng)
	Eastern platform	Subway Line 8 to South Gate of Forest Park (Next station: Olympic Green)

Platform Layout

Line 8 uses a central island platform.

• Line 8: Doors will open to the left.

Station Services

Ticketing

• Manned ticket counters available (2 in total; 1 per side hall)
• Fare adjustment counters available (2 in total; 1 per side hall)
• Automatic ticket machines: - in total (all combo, ticket sales and Beijing Super Pass add value)
  • - near exit B
  • - near exits C and D
• Beijing Super Pass card kiosks: 2 in total
• - ticket barriers in total

- near exit B up to - in up to - out - wide

- near exits C and D up to - in up to - out - wide

- central ticket barriers up to - in up to - out - wide

Note: An in ticket barrier permits entry into the Subway system; an out barrier allows passengers to exit the System. Wide barriers allow both access into and out of the Subway system in the same barrier. All numbers given are upper limits; in the case of combo ticket barriers, which can be used as either an "in" gate or "out" gate, numbers will vary. Please note that some barriers may be out of service at times.

Train Services

• Subway Line 8:
  • Service interval: 7 minutes
  • To Beitucheng (next station: Beitucheng):
    • First train: 06:25
    • Last train: 22:29
  • To South Gate of Forest Park (next station: Olympic Green):
    • First train: 06:33
    • Last train: 22:37

Neighboring Subway Stations

• Subway Line 8:
  • Beitucheng (interchange with Subway Line 10): - mins, km south
  • Olympic Green: - mins, km north

Exits

The Olympic Sports Center station has four exits.

• To see a larger picture, click on the image

Exit B1	Exit B2	Exit C	Exit D
Elevator

• Exit B (north): North 4th Ring Middle Road; Bus Route 407
  • Exit B1 (north, west): National Aquatics Center
  • Exit B2 (north, east): National Stadium
• Exit C (east): Olympic Sports Center, Beichen Road, Minzuyuan Road; Bus Routes 113, 407, 839
• Exit D (southeast): Minzuyuan Road, Beichen Road, Chinese Ethnic Culture Park; Bus Route 407

Beijing Subway Line 8 (Phase 1 Now Open; Phase 2: Opens 2012) (Phase 1: South Gate of Forest Park - Beitucheng; Phase 2: Huoying North - Meishuguandongjie) 4 stations (Phase 1) • 4.53 km • 7 minutes between trains

Huoying North, Huoying (⇆ Line 13), Xisanqi, Xisanqi South, Yongtai, Lincuilu, South Gate of Forest Park, Olympic Green, Olympic Sports Center, Beitucheng (⇆ Line 10), Anhuaqiao, Andeli, Guloudajie (⇆ Line 2), Houhai, Di'anmen, Meishuguandongjie (⇆ Line 6) ⇆ interchange stations; items in italics refer to stations or lines not yet opened Please note: Best efforts have been made at researching and presenting all details about Subway lines under construction or under planning. Nonetheless, changes in station names, routes, or opening times, or the addition or removal of Subway stations, may occur at any time without prior notice. Information presented here should not be used where absolute precision is required. (This applies only to stations in Phase 2 of Line 8.)

Beijing Subway System (Current as of July 19, 2008)

1 (and Batong), 2, 5, 8 (S Gate of Forest Park - Beitucheng), 10 (Bagou - Jinsong), 13 | Airport Express Under construction: 4, 6, 8 (Huoying N - S Gate of Forest Park and Beitucheng - Meishuguandongjie), 9, 10 (Panjiayuan - Huoqiying), Daxing, Yizhuang Under planning: 3, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 | Changping, Datai, Fangshan, Xijiao Items in italics refer to lines not yet opened. (Next opening: Line 4 (Anheqiao North - Gongyixiqiao) on September 30, 2009)