Public Transportation in Beijing |
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![]() Subway & city rail Subways and city rails with high speed train running at intervals of 3 to 5 are the fastest ![]() It is not only fast and convenient but also cheap. Beijing Subway fares vary on different lines. Single trip on Line Batong is 2 yuan, single trip on Line 1, Line 2 and City Rail Line 13 is 2 yuan, the transfer set ticket between Line 13 and any city line is 2 yuan, and the transfer set ticket between Line Batong and any city line is 2 yuan. ![]() Buses Taking bus is the cheapest means of transportation, which covers the whole city. Most of the buses are available between 6:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The starting fare of public buses is 1 yuan in the city and 2 yuan in the suburb areas. Public Transportation Card It is convenient to buy a Public Transportation Card which will save you a considerably large amount of transportation fees when you take a bus. There are three kinds of Transportation cards, which are normal card, student card and aged people card. ![]() A student card, as the name shows, it is a kind of cards for students studying in Beijing. Expect graduate students, it covers all the primary school pupils, middle school students and university students, ect. If you have this kind of card, you only have to spend 0.2 yuan per trip. In order to get a student card you need to prepare a certification from your school with stamps of that particular school to identify you, and one of your recent photos. What’s more, you can only obtain ![]() An aged people card is for people over 60. It also charges 0.2 yuan per trip. In order to get this kind of card you need Certification of Aged People and one recent photo. You can only obtain and recharge your aged people card in the bus station too.
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