北京新机场线列车空载试运行 Beijing new airport subway line starts test run

Self-driving(无人驾驶 wúrén jiàshǐ) trains for the subway line connecting downtown Beijing with its new international airport(机场 jīchǎng) started trial run(试运行 shì yùnxíng) Saturday, according to local authorities.

Stretching 41.4 kilometers, the new line supports autopilot system and can run at a speed(速度 sùdù) of 160 km per hour, with as many as 448 passengers(乘客 chéngkè), according to Beijing Major Projects Construction Headquarters Office.

It runs through Daxing(大兴) and Fentai(丰台), two districts in the southern part of Beijing, and will take only 19 minutes(分钟 fēnzhōng) to get from the Caoqiao station in Beijing's south third ring road to the new airport after it starts operation by the end of September.

The line is part of an integrated transport network that will combine subways, expressways, intercity rail and high-speed rail with the airport at the center.

Beijing Daxing International Airport, located 46 kilometers south of downtown Beijing, is designed to take pressure off overcrowded Beijing Capital International Airport in the northeastern suburbs. It sits at the junction of Beijing's Daxing District and Langfang, a city in neighboring Hebei Province.

重点词汇 Key Word:

试

    Try; test
    E.g. Ràng wǒ shì yīxià.
    让我试一下。
    Let me have a try for it.

    Test; examine
    E.g. Wǒ zhǐ huì dá bùfen shìtí.
    我只会答部分试题。
    I knew the answers to only some of the examination questions.