Blog Tag - Beijing Subway

Beyond the End of the Line: Dead Dogs and '70s Communist Vibe
“What? He got deported?!” I shout, spitting out half of my glass of Legend Beer's Black Silk in the process. “Well, you know they take security...
Subway Crime Victim Warns of Bank Card Vulnerability
This week a Beijing resident fell victim to a pickpocket and had USD 300 taken from his bank account. Yet his bank card remained in his possession...
Facial Recognition Tech to Be Used at Beijing Subway Entrances
Your privacy in exchange for convenience: that's the continuing trade-off the Beijing Metro commuters as the city's public transportation system is...
Beijing Metro Now Accepts Mobile Payments via Qr Codes
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Commuters using Beijing’s metro system will soon be able to utilize mobile payment...
Step into the Cashless Future, Beijing’s Unmanned Stores
Clearly Beijing doesn’t need human beings any more. We can finally wave goodbye to squeezing into packed out subway cars, pushing through walls of...
Beijing Subway Line 12 to Open in 2020, Promises Transfers of Under 100 Meters
According to Beijing News, Beijing Subway Line 12 is set to open to the public in 2020. The new line will cut through the North Third Ring Road from...
8 Beijing Subway Stations Shut as of Today and Through the Weekend, Thanks to OBOR
While we may be getting excited about the benefits (re: blue skies) that the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Summit (May 14-15) will bring us, we're all...
Throwback Thursday: A Look Back at When Line 10 Wasn’t Even a Thing, Let Alone a Ring
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
How Not to Be an A-Hole on the Beijing Subway
A cell phone-ogling passenger that was injured on Beijing's Line 2 last year and who later successfully sued the Beijing Subway for RMB 110,000 in...
Beijing Subway Finally Plans Testing Late-Night Trains
Hoorah! The Beijing Subway is finally considering late-night trains! For a 24-hour modern metropolis with one of the world's most developed subway...
Throwback Thursday: Beijing Subway Ends Use of Paper Tickets
From "New subway electronic ticketing system to be introduced on May 17," April 28, 2008: The People's Daily, picking up on a report in today's...
Subway Line 8's Third Phase to Open in 2017
Remember Line 8, that Beijing Subway line that you rode due north to Olympic events? It's about to be expanded for the third time and go way, way...
Subway Geeks Alert: New Segments of Line 14, Changping Extension Open Saturday
By the time you read this Saturday, Beijing's ever-expanding subway system will have weclomed new line segments and stations to its amazing spider...
Subway Update: Line 14 Expands to Beijing South Railway, Off-Peak Fares on Tap
[Update Dec 24: New subway map is out showing new Line 14 sections and Changping extension. Full version here] Rejoice! The ever-expanding, colossal...
Beijing Subway Line 14 Extension to Open By Year's End, Connects Wangjing with Line 1 and Beijing South Station
A new extension of Beijing Subway Line 14, which currently takes residents of northeastern Beijing to points as far south as Line 6, will begin...