On 31 December ,2022, the south section of Line 16 operated by BJMTR opens and connects with the middle and north section. 31 December,2022 (Saturday) to 6 January(Friday),2023 marks the first week of the opening of south section of Line 16. 801,000 passengers are carried with average daily patronage of 114,000. The highest daily patronage is 153,000 (on 6 January,2023).
By 6 January, the inbound and outbound traffic of south, middle and north section of Line 16 reaches 1.091 million. The overall inbound and outbound traffic of Line 16 reaches 318,000, among which, the station with larger traffic is Fengtai Railway Station, with 19,000 and Honglian Nanlu station with over 6,000.
The Fengtai Railway Station of line 16 can be interchanged with Line 10 and Fengtai Railway Station (the train station). In the first week of opening, Fengtai Railway Station of Line 16 has a large interchange traffic with the daily average traffic exceeding 23,000 and an interchange traffic of 3000.