Imagine the crowd.
Surprisingly, the crowd for Beijing Subway is not as bad as SG
Trains during peak hours in terms of packness but off peak wise
there is more people as compared to SG Trains. However, their train
really varies.
Line 1/2 uses mainly older trains that has been around for 30
years (since cultural revolution) whereby the tunnel of Line 1/2
are dug by man without machines (China has abundance of human
resources). Therefore, when u travel on such line 1/2, you will
encounter quite some noise pollution while the other lines are more
modern, with the new Line 5 being on par with North East Line
standards.
Yes, the fare is just 40 cents (SGD) regardless of transfer and
the time that you stay within their subway system. The fare used to
be RMB3.00 (60 cents SGD) for one line and transfers can cost up to
RMB5 ($1 SGD) but since their Line 5 opened for use, the government
wanted to encourage more people to use public transport (instead of
buying more cars) so they made a decision to reduce ticket price to
RMB 2 (SGD 0.40) regardless of transfers to attract more people to
take (Unlike SG where fare just increases year by year when the
government is also encouraging more use of public transport).
Their bus is even cheaper as when you use their "Yi Ka Tong", it
costs RMB0.40 which is 8 cents (SGD) for a single trip or RMB1 if u
pay by cash, irregardless of distance for quite a lot of routes but
there is no transfer rebates.
Can only stay there for 2 months as after the 2 months i have to
go back to school in SG le.
