Muxidi station

Muxidi Station (Chinese: 木樨地站; pinyin: Mùxīdì Zhàn) is a station on Line 1 of the Beijing Subway. The Line 16 station opened on December 31, 2022, and currently serves as an out-of-system interchange (OSI) with Line 1. It will connect with Line 18 in the future.^[1][2]

Muxidi 木樨地
Line 1 platform Line 16 platform
General information
Location	Fuxing Road at Muxidi Bridge [zh] Xicheng District, Beijing, China
Coordinates	39°54′27″N 116°20′15″E
Operated by	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited
Line(s)	Line 1      Line 16
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	112 (line 1)
History
Opened	January 15, 1971; 54 years ago (1971-01-15) (Line 1) December 31, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-12-31) (Line 16)
Services
Preceding station Beijing Subway Following station Military Museum towards Gucheng Line 1 Nanlishi Lu towards Universal Resort Yuyuantan Dongmen (Yuyuantan Park East Gate) towards Bei'anhe Line 16 Daguanying towards Wanpingcheng
Location Muxidi Location in central Beijing

Station layout

Both the Line 1 station and Line 16 stations have island platforms.

Exits

There are 10 exits, lettered A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, D2, E and F. Exits D1 and E are accessible.^[3]

Gallery

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  Line 1 west concourse
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  Line 1 east concourse
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  Line 16 concourse

Suspension of service in early June

See also: 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre and People's Liberation Army at the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

During troop movements in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, many people were killed at Muxidi. Muxidi Station is often suspended about June 4 these years. For example:

• On June 3, 2013, Exit A1 of Muxidi Station was closed on the grounds of repair.^[4]
• On June 2, 2014, Beijing Subway declared that Exits A1 and A2 of Muxidi Station would be closed from June 3 (Tuesday) to a future date via Weibo.^[4]
• On June 2, 2015, Beijing Subway declared that it would close its doors again. Reporters from Ming Pao found that they couldn't reply to Weibo posts and other replies are invisible.^[5]
• On June 3, 2016, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that Exits A1 and A2 would be closed from 15:00 (June 3) to a future date via Weibo. This message can not be replied to.^[6]
• On June 3, 2017, Exits A1 and A2 were closed. Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited didn't post any message but made a station broadcast on the grounds of "Temporary construction".^[7]
• On June 1, 2018, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that Exits A1 and A2 would be closed from June 3, 2018, at 12:00 to the last train of Muxidi Station via Weibo.^[8]
• On June 2, 2019, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that Exits A1 and A2 will be closed from June 3 at 10:00 to a future date via Weibo.^[9]
• The station exits weren't closed in early June 2020. Reporters of Now News noticed that there were plainclothes police, but fewer than before, stationed around the station.^[10]

Chinese activist Hu Jia believes that the meaning of these measures is to prevent Tiananmen Mothers members from eulogizing the dead during the protest.^[4]