On the subway in Beijing, as in most cities with underground Wi-Fi connections, commuters usually spend their rides mindlessly staring at their phones, scrolling through emails or playing games. But ...

A specific check-in service was launched on Sunday that allows passengers to ride subway trains after taking a quick hand scanning in a designated line of the Beijing Metro, according to media reports ...

Beijing's metro network was proposed more than 50 years ago to mixed reactions. Li Ye traces the history. It is 1969, and workers who took part in the subway construction eagerly wait for the first ...

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Hundreds of commuters were sent to the hospital with injuries, including fractured bones, after two Beijing metro trains collided during evening rush hour on a busy route amid snowy weather. The crash ...

When the Beijing Subway opened on 1 October 1969, only two short lines served the growing Chinese capital. Now, with a population of over 17.4 million in the metro area, Beijing has to act fast to ...

Two subway trains collided in heavy snow in Beijing, resulting in 515 people being sent to the hospital on Thursday evening. The incident occurred in the mountainous west of Beijing, on the ...

A view of the Beixinqiao metro station in Beijing. [Photo/IC] First-time foreign visitors to Beijing might choose the subway as the easiest way to get around the Chinese capital, but in recent days ...

Recently I took my 200th trip on the Beijing Metro. I know because I used up the fourth 100RMB charge on my Metro card, below. (Rides are for now 2RMB apiece, about 28 cents, regardless of distance.) ...