August 22, the ceremony for the arriving of new trains for BJL16 was held at Beianhe depot. Leaders from Beijing Municipal Transport Commission, Beijing Major Projects Construction Headquarters Office, Beijing Infrastructure Investment Corporation, Beijing Capital Group, MTR Hong Kong, Beijing Urban Rapid Transit Development Co., Ltd, Beijing MTR Corporation Ltd, CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. and CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd. presented at the ceremony.
BJL16 is the first line using 8A-car in Beijing Metro network. When the whole line is in operation, the fleet will have 64 trains manufactured by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd and CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd. 18 trains will be used in the north section of BJL16 when it is opened at the end of 2016. 3 trains arrived at Beijing now.