1999年间月11日，北京城市轻轨铁路破土动工。北京市、建设部和铁道部有关领导出席开工仪式，并为工程奠基。这条轻轨铁路是利用京包铁路、东北铁路内环线、望和支线3段既有铁路的线路位置及其交通走廊建设的全封闭式的城市快速交通双线，贯穿城市北部地区。起点为西直门站，从 On January 11, 1999, Beijing’s urban light-rail railway broke ground. Relevant leaders of Beijing Municipality, the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Railways attended the groundbreaking ceremony and laid the groundwork for the project. This light rail railway is a fully enclosed double-lane urban rapid transit line that takes advantage of the construction of the line of the Beijing-Baoan Railway, the Inner Ring Road of the Northeast Railway and the existing railways of the Wangfu Branch and its traffic corridor and runs through the northern part of the city. Starting point for Xizhimen station, from