BEIJING SUBWAY

While you never know how long it will take you to get to your destination in a taxi, it is nice to take the subway, which is reliable. While the subway does not cover the entire city, if it goes where you want to go, it is worth trying. Especially at rush hour, it beats getting on the road and can be much faster than a taxi.
The Beijing Subway system does connect some of the major tourist destinations such as Tiananmen Square/Forbidden City, Wangfujing, the Lama Temple, the airport, the train station and the Olympic Park.

If paying cash it costs RMB 2 per ride, but if you use it regularly buy some extra tickets or get a prepaid swipe card. For a swipe card you pay RMB 20 deposit, refundable, plus whatever amount you want to put on the card. Sometimes the lines at rush hour to buy tickets or update swipe cards can be very long, so best to get this sorted out. Also make sure you get in the right line, one is for swipe cards, the other for RMB 2 single use tickets. Look in the window at what people are doing then get in the correct line.

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