Photography during journey

Metro Overview
Beijing Subway service in China, Beijing and its surrounding areas of urban rail transport system.
It was founded in July 1, 1965, October 1, 1969 The first subway line opened to traffic, so that Beijing has become China's first metro city.

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December 24, 2007, Beijing Metro Line 1 and Line 13 runs to shorten the peak interval of the first day of subway passengers the whole network break 3 million, reaching 3,018,347 passengers, the train line of the CDB 2306, in which additional Linke 82 . So far, Beijing subway one day become the continent's first passenger traffic at more than 3 million passengers a subway system. March 6, 2008, subway passenger flow break 4.3 million passengers, to reach 4.3457 million.

Construction History
The first Beijing subway map in the 20th century vision of the late 50s deterioration of relations between China and the Soviet Union, China began to plan in Beijing, Shenyang, Shanghai, three major cities in the construction of subway, as a guideline of the combat readiness means of defense. Beijing Metro First started a project in July 1, 1965 started construction of its lines along the Chang'an Avenue in Beijing city wall from west to east through the southern edge of Beijing area, connecting the Western Hills resident garrison and Beijing Railway Station, using Ming Watian Buried construction method. Length of 23.6 kilometers, is located 17 stations and a depot (the ancient city depot), October 1, 1969 was opened to traffic. According to expect Beijing subway during the war can be reorganized daily delivery of five army divisions from the Western Hills area transported to Beijing.

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1982 Beijing Metro plans as part of war preparation, the Beijing subway for a long time after its opening closed to the public, Xu Ping letter of introduction to visit and ride. January 15, 1971 Gongzhufen to start trial operation in paragraph Beijing Railway Station, August 5, 1971 be extended to Yuquan Road to Beijing Railway Station, November 7, 1971 Road to be extended to the ancient city of Beijing Station, April 23, 1973 to extend the apple orchard to the Beijing Railway Station. Beijing subway construction began in 1969 two of its lines along the walls from the inner city Beijing Jianguomen to Fuxingmen, showing inverted U-shaped, set up 12 stations and Taiping Lake depot, the line length of 17.2 kilometers. September 15, 1981, the Beijing subway operating officially.

Beijing Subway Line 8 complex in June 24, 1992 started construction, September 28, 1999 the opening of trial operation, June 28, 2000 with the first-line Completed. Batong to open in 2003, to improve the traffic environment play an important role in Tongzhou.

July 19, 2008, at the eve of the Beijing Olympic Games, Beijing Metro Line 10 Phase I, the Olympic Spur Line (Beijing Subway Line 8 a) and the airport rail line three new routes opened to traffic. So far, Beijing Rail Transit operating mileage will reach 200 kilometers, operating routes to reach 8, the Beijing Mass Transit network effect has been initially apparent.

By 2009, the Beijing subway lines have opened, including Line 1, Line 2, Line 4 (September 28 launch), Line 5, Line 8 (Olympic Spur Line), 10 line, 13 lines, Airports fast-track, Batong. The total length of lines in operation more than 220 km, a total of 147 operating stations. Among them, No. 1 line length 31.04 kilometers, 23 operating stations; 2 line length of 23.61 kilometers, 18 operating stations; on the 13th line length of 40.85 kilometers, 16 operating stations; Batong length of 18.9 kilometers, 13 Block operator station; on the 5th line length of 27.6 kilometers, 23 operating stations. Beijing subway passengers currently on about 4 million passengers.

September 28, 2009, Beijing Metro Line 4 will launch trial operation, the operating companies for the MTR Corporation.
Beijing Metro implemented a full 2 yuan vote, becoming the lowest fares for urban rail transport system. The Airport Line a separate billing, one-way 25.

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Beijing Subway Line 5
See main entry: Beijing Subway on the 5th line
Beijing Subway Line 5 Line length of 27.6 kilometers, connecting the Fengtai, Chongwen, Dongcheng, Chaoyang, Changping District 5.
Line 5 subway lines to achieve a close with the existing transfer, across the board in the Chongwenmen East single, Lama Temple and Lishuiqiao stops route with 1,2,13 channel transfer stations to facilitate passenger station within the transfer. Chongwenmen, the two transfer Dongdan transfer the channel to stand by the respective transfer the escalator on the 2nd line and the No. 1 line, passengers will be able to complete the transfer 23 minutes. Lama Temple Station Transfer to Metro Line 2, Lishuiqiao transfer to Metro Line 13, transfer only a short distance of more than 20 meters. Line 5 for each station has disabled helicopters and elevators, you can directly from the station platform hall. In the Beijing subway operating system in order to light purple color as the representative of Line 5 in Beijing, like a dragon erected a bridge between north and south, will allow tens of thousands of people from the capital by public transport Zongchuan 34 hours of congestion at every turn the pain of to change the capital north-south thoroughfare traffic jams.

Line 5 Basic Information
Line 5 Length: 27.6 kilometers
5 stations: A total of 23
Top speed: 80 km
Average speed: 36 km
Full running time: 49 minutes
Minimum start interval: 2 minutes and 50 seconds
First and last pick-up time:
Tiantongyuan North First train: 5:00; Last train: 22:48;
Songjiazhuang first bus: 5:20; Last train: 23:11.
Length of 27.6 kilometers from the subway on the 5th line of the Southern songjiazhuang Fengtai District, Changping District, north to the east within the three flags, is the first time the city's subway shield tunneling method. 16.9 kilometers of its land off the assembly line, surface and elevated length 10.7 kilometers, crossing Fengtai, Chongwen, Dongcheng, Chaoyang, Changping District 5, approaches the Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple and a number of well-known tourist attractions and Wangfujing Dongdan so busy commercial street.

Subway Line 5 on October 7, 2007 14:00 opening.
(From south to north) songjiazhuang - Liujiayao - Puhuangyu - Temple of Heaven East Gate - ciqikou - Chongwenmen (Transfer to Line 2) - East sheet (transfer to Line 1) - Light City population - East 4 - Zhangzizhonglu - Beixinqiao - Lama Temple (Transfer to Line 2) - peace Beijie - Peace West Bridge - Huixinxijie Nankou - Huixinxijie North exit -- - Datun Qiaodong - Beiyuanlu North - Lishuiqiao South - Lishuiqiao (Transfer to Line 13) - Tiantongyuan South - Tiantongyuan - Tiantongyuan North

Huixinxijie North exit from the north is the ground station, and south to the underground station. Huixinxijie North Estuary and the north and songjiazhuang stations are side-type platform (ie the site on either side of the vehicle in the middle) and the remaining stations island-type platform (ie vehicles on either side of the site in the middle).

Line 5 subway electric trains first batch of China does not paint stainless steel vehicles, for the six grouping, rated capacity 1424 people. Maximum operating speed of 80km / h. Line 5 in the body structure design, with impact energy absorption area, the train in order to 25km / h speed with another stationary train collision in the case of an accident to ensure the driver and passengers from harm, the body to minimize damage to degree.

In the beginning and end truck chassis equipped with anti-climbing device, to prevent violent collision with each other when the vehicles squeeze cars, tip of the structure of energy absorption in case of crash, chassis tip structure can be produced by collisions can absorb excess coupler fell outside of the relatively low level of energy, so that passengers, the risk of injury to a minimum.