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New ticket to ride Beijing subway
By Guan Xiaofeng (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-06-10 10:22

New ticket to ride Beijing subway
A woman inserts her single journey ticket in the new automatic fare collection system to check out at the Xizhimen subway station in Beijing on June 9, 2008.  [Xinhua]
New ticket to ride Beijing subway

Keith Schroeder, a tourist from the United States, said he had no problem using Beijing's subway, which has clear signboards.

"The subway here is very clean, quiet and convenient," he said. "This is by far the cleanest subway I have used."

The subway opened in 1971, with a ticket price of 0.1 yuan.

With five subway lines and 140 km of tracks, it carries an average of 3 million passengers a day.

Three more lines will be added - Line 10, Olympic Line and Airport Line - next month.


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