Beijing Subway

The Beijing Subway is the Beijing Municipality's fast transport system. Even though 394 metro stations are included in several sources, 60 of them are transfer stations, hence this figure is double-counted. The Beijing Subway has 331 stations in total. On October 1 of this year, the subway system-first introduced in 1969-celebrated its 50th birthday. The route's overall length is 678.2 km, however without the Xijiao line, it is only deemed to be 669.4 km.

Beijing Subway is the second-longest metro network in the world as a result. Its daily ridership exceeds 10 million, but on July 12 of this year, it exceeded 13 million, breaking a previous record. With approximately 3.8 billion riders each year, it ranked top among the busiest metros in the world despite its excellent performance. The fact that the capital city, which has a population of nearly 21 million, has this number and is in the top three in each of the three categories, however, does not seem particularly remarkable.

Location: China