Beijing Suburban Railway is a commuter rail service serving urban Beijing and beyond the reach of the city's Beijing Subway network. The "S"-numbered suburban rail lines are managed by the Beijing Railway Bureau, an agency of the that is not affiliated with the Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corp., Ltd, the municipal company that operates the subway. Hence, the S-Lines run on separate tracks and stations and have a different fare schedule from the subway.
The , which runs from Beijing North Railway Station to Yanqing County was the first to enter into operation, on August 6, 2008.
The , currently in advanced planning stages, will run from Mentougou District west of the city to Pingguoyuan and Wulu, the western termini of and of the Beijing Subway.
According to current plans, there will be six S-Lines by 2020 with a total length of 360 km that will span from the city centre to Mentougou, Miyun, Pinggu, Shunyi, Huangcun, and Fangshan.
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