Public Transportation公共交通

                                Urban rail in Beijing

Beijing has an extensive public transportation network. Subway and City Rail with high speed trains running at intervals of 3 to 5 minutes are the fastest public transportation in the city. There are more than 60 thousand taxis in the city. Public buses are the cheapest means of transportation which cover the entire city.

The starting fare of public buses is 1 yuan in the city and 2 yuan in the suburb areas. It is also a good idea to buy a Public Transportation Card which charges a starting fare of 40 cents per trip. You need to pay a deposit of 20 yuan and prepay a certain amount to use the Public Transportation Card just like any Beijing citizen. When you leave Beijing, just return the Card at any card sale counter and the deposit will be refunded to you. The Public Transportation Card can also be used in Subway and City Rails but no discount on the ticket fares will be given.

Beijing Subway fares vary on different lines. Single trip on Line Batong is 2 yuan, single trip on Line 1, Line 2 and City Rail Line 13 is 3 yuan, the transfer set ticket between Line 13 and any city line is 5 yuan, and the transfer set ticket between Line Batong and any city line is 4 yuan.

北京的公共交通四通八达，地铁和城市铁路是最快捷的市内交通工具，一般3－5分钟一班，速度很快。全市有出租车6万多辆，也十分方便。公共汽车则贯通城市的东西南北，是最经济的交通工具。

　　公交车票价通常为1元起价，远郊区县为2元。购买一张公交卡也是不错的选择，公交卡每次乘坐的刷卡费用将以4角钱起价。您只需要缴纳20元押金并储进一定金额，就可以和北京老百姓一样使用，等到您要离开北京的时候，将卡退回各公交卡售卖储值点，就可以取回押金。公交卡也适用于地铁和轻轨，但是票价将不打折。

　　北京的地铁票价按不同线路有所区分，八通线单程票价为2元，1号线、2号线和轻轨13号线单程票价为3元，轻轨13号线与市内各线路间换乘的套票为5元，八通线与市内各线路间换乘的套票为4元。

                                                                北京地铁图