Songjiazhuang station
Songjiazhuang Station is a station on Line 5, Line 10, and the Yizhuang Line of the Beijing Subway. This is an interchange station and terminus for Line 5 and Yizhuang Line. The station handled a peak passenger traffic of 262,800 people on May 5, 2013.
On December 30, 2012, Phase 2 Section 1 of Line 10 opened, passing through Songjiazhuang Station, making Songjiazhuang Station the 3rd 3-way transfer station of Beijing Subway.
Station layout
The entire station is underground. Line 5 has 2 side platforms. Line 10 has dual-island platforms with a single track between the 2 platforms. The Yizhuang Line has three platforms, employing the spanish solution; the departing passengers use the middle platform, whereas the arriving passengers disembark to the side platforms. The Line 5 alighting platform and the Yizhuang Line boarding platform in the middle connect perpendicularly in a T-shape, allowing single-direction cross-platform interchange from Line 5 to Yizhuang Line; this is the first instance of cross-platform transfer in Beijing Subway.With 10 platforms and 7 tracks, the station places first on the amount of platforms and second on the amount of tracks throughout the entire Beijing Subway.