Discovery Channel: Man-Made Marval- Beijing Metro System

The Beijing Subway (simplified Chinese: 北京地铁; traditional Chinese: 北京地鐵; pinyin: Běijīng dìtiě) is a rapid transit rail network that serves the urban and suburban districts of Beijing municipality. The subway's first line opened in 1971, and the network now has 9 lines, 147 stations[1] and 228 km of tracks in operation and delivers over 4 million rides per day. [2] It is the oldest and busiest subway in mainland China, and the second longest after the Shanghai Metro. Since the newest line, Line 4, entered operation on September 28, 2009,[3] daily ridership has exceeded 5 million.[4] The existing network still cannot adequately meet the city's mass transit needs and is undergoing rapid expansion. Overall, plans call for 19 lines and 561 km of tracks in operation by 2015.[5] The Chinese government's ¥4 trillion economic stimulus package has accelerated subway construction. In addition to 9 lines already under construction, work is set to begin on 3 new lines in 2009, and the entire network will double in size to 420 km by 2012.
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[joeflyer72]

Do you have the second part?

[CANAONQ]

@joeflyer72 Yes I do have

[Konig1985]

my GOD... imagine the number of cameras they need to have to detect one terrorist in the sea of people.

[CANAONQ]

@Konig1985 yes, technology is cut-edging.

[tri400]

why dont they build overground Metro like Delhi and Kuala Lumpur?

[CANAONQ]

there are too many cloverleaf conjuctions in Beijing, it is impossible to build overground metro.

[jewishwarrior666]

"Impossible is not chinese, if they want it they will do it"....what else would you expect from the people who built the great wall.

[eathoy]

the world especially the western world love to criticize china based on limited knowledge,but once they really understand the country the culture and the people's life,they always amazed that how much we are achieved during so many years hardest working.

[14j3ketlgds]

@Chris58851 Umm I've been on the Beijing Subway, it's actually quite safe, the subway crashes in China that you heard of are from Shanghai... but one thing that's not very good about the subway is that they're too quick in opening the lines. One example is Line 10, the construction markings haven't even been erased and the plastic covering hasn't been removed yet! However I think Beijing Subway should be considered as a world-class subway system.

[Chris58851]

Is it safe? The first question when you listening to radio or news paper that their subway collided or leakings from every cracks in newly build station platform.

[MsOneiroi77]

wouldnt live there too many people

[soopie1]

/watch?v=04QoA44c23A

[lukebccb]

@tri400: undergrounds are more expensive to build but elevated structures take up expensive and precious crowded spaces in big crowded cities so the cost of underground pays for itself in the long run.