In its latest push to improve multimodal connections, Beijing launched a pilot program on Sunday allowing passengers to bring ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A subway line in Beijing looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Line 6 had its subway windows replaced with a “magical window ...

Starting Sunday, contactless tap-and-go access and ticket purchase functions for overseas-issued JCB cards and American Express cards have been equipped with Beijing's urban subway system. This marks ...

On March 8, two months after four new lines started operation, Beijing's 16 metro lines have completed more than ten million passenger rides per day, officially making it the busiest subway in the ...

An anti-sexual harassment campaign has launched in parts of the Beijing subway system amid repeated reports of assault against women on the city’s public transport system. Sponsored by the state-run ...

For our summer travel series, our Beijing correspondent rides the city's subway system and explores the history of each stop — above ground and below ground. For our Summer Travel series, NPR's ...