Muxidi station
Muxidi Station 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 with Line 1. It will connect with Line 18 in the future.
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.Suspension of service in early June
During People's [Liberation Army at Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|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.
- On June 2, 2014, Beijing [Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited|Beijing Subway] declared that Exits A1 and A2 of Muxidi Station would be closed from June 3 to a future date via Weibo.
- 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.
- On June 3, 2016, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that Exits A1 and A2 would be closed from 15:00 to a future date via Weibo. This message can not be replied to.
- 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".
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.