Beijing Subway

Briefs, February 18, 2013

18 Feb 2013

The top official overseeing anti-corruption efforts in Chongzhou, Sichuan, killed himself yesterday morning by jumping from his office in the headquarters of the city's prosecution department, an...

4:57AM

Four new subway lines open in Beijing

31 Dec 2012

Beijing put four subway lines and extensions into operation yesterday as part of the capital's efforts to expand its public urban transport network and ease traffic congestion.

5:37AM

Talking points

26 Oct 2012

Talks on ferry safety

2:10AM

Centres of attraction

8 Apr 2012

Beijing Zoo
137 Xizhimenwai Main Street, Xicheng district

12:11PM

Crash 'could have been avoided'

29 Sep 2011

Tuesday's crash on Shanghai's subway system has triggered a surge of fear and anger among mainlanders, with most pointing fingers at the government for the nation's public transport safety woes...

8:42PM

Answers sought on subway death

28 Aug 2011

A few onlookers took photos and comforted the 48-year-old mother of a woman whose son died last year in a fall from the platform of Beijing's Gulou Dajie subway station.

6:03PM

Opinion

Michael Cox

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

3:55AM

National halt to use of Otis escalator

The mainland's quality watchdog has ordered a nationwide halt to the use of one model of escalator made by Otis, which the authorities said bore 'unshakeable responsibility' for a malfunction...

2:23PM

Subway operator challenged

The operator of Beijing's subway system said yesterday that the escalator that suddenly reversed at a station on Line 4 on Tuesday, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring 30 people, was a heavy-...

2:16PM

Out of the blue, Beijing caught by heavy rainfall

The heaviest rain in years took Beijing by surprise yesterday afternoon, crippling subways, roads and the airport.

1:09PM

Provinces to help secure Beijing

Beijing extended its security perimeter to six additional provinces and municipalities as the government stretched its resources and flexed its muscles to ensure nothing spoils its grand National...

1:02PM

Olympic subway network set to open

Officials expect three new links to start soon

Beijing's new congestion-busting Olympic subway lines are due to open this weekend - just in time to serve the millions of car drivers...

6:35PM

Rail chief confident subway network will unclog roads

Beijing will step up its campaign to drive its car-obsessed citizens out of their vehicles and onto the city's expanding subway network, a top transport official said yesterday.

9:02PM