The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesAugust 8-24 2008
Connecting the downtown area with the Capital International Airport, the under-construction Capital Airport Track will facilitate visitors coming in and out of the airport as a new express route.
When completed, customers will be able to get to the Airport from Dongzhimen subway station within 15 to 17 minutes.
The track starts from Dongzhimen, the interchange station of Loop Line 2, and runs northeast through Sanyuanqiao, Siyuanqiao, and Wuyuanqiao It before dividing into two sub-tracks to the Airport Terminal 2 and Terminal 3.
Among the track's four stations of Dongzhimen, Sanyuanqiao, Terminal 2 and Terminal 3, the former two are underground stations. Riders will be able to transfer from the underground Dongzhimen Station between the Loop Line 2 and Capital Airport Track.
And the track will also be connected with the Line 10 (under construction) at Sanyuanqiao Station.
The 28.5 km Capital Airport Track runs along four km of underground tracks and the remaining 23 km are on-ground tracks.
Trains are expected to travel at a speed of 100 km/h. And the track will help to ease the increasing traffic congestion on the roads between the airport and downtown areas.
