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Jammed Beijing opens 5 new metro lines
Updated: 2010-12-30 10:26
(Xinhua)
![]() In this November 1, 2010 file photo, people walk through a subway tunnel in central Beijing. [Photo/Agencies] |
BEIJING - Beijing will open five new suburban subway and light rail lines Thursday, which will help ease the city's chronic traffic congestion, bringing the total number of lines in the city to 14.
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The five new lines -- Fangshan Line, Changping Line, the first phase of the No. 15 Line, Yizhuang Line and Daxing Line -- have a combined length of 108 kilometers, bringing the total metro length to 336 km in the capital city.
The new lines cost nearly 61 billion yuan ($9.2 billion) to build.
Beijing's metro network hauls 5.02 million passengers per day.
![]() Vehicles drive on Three Ring Road (left) and Jianwai Street (right) during the evening rush hour in central Beijing, December 23, 2010. [Photo/Agencies] |
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