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]

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Muxidi 木樨地
Line 1 platform Line 16 platform
General information
Location	Fuxing Road at Muxidi Bridge [zh] Xicheng District, Beijing China
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; 53 years ago (1971-01-15) (Line 1) December 31, 2022; 15 months 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 East Gate towards Bei'anhe Line 16 Daguanying towards Wanpingcheng
Location
Muxidi Location in central Beijing

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

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

• Line 1 west concourse
• Line 1 east concourse
• Line 16 concourse

During troop movements in 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, A1 Exit of Muxidi Station was closed on the grounds of repairing.^[4]
• On June 2, 2014, Beijing Subway declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit of Muxidi Station will be closed from June 3 (Tuesday) to a future date via Weibo.^[4]
• On June 2, 2015, Beijing Subway declared close of doors again. Reporters from Ming Pao found that they can't reply that Weibo post and other replies are invisible.^[5]
• On June 3, 2016, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit will be closed from Today 15:00 (June 3) to a future date via Weibo. This message can not be replied.^[6]
• On June 3, 2017, A1 Exit and A2 Exit is 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 A1 Exit and A2 Exit will be closed from June 3, 2018, 12:00 to last train of Muxidi Station via Weibo.^[8]
• On June 2, 2019, Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited declared that A1 Exit and A2 Exit will be closed from June 3 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 meanings of these measures are to prevent Tiananmen Mothers members from eulogizing the dead during the protest.^[4]

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