Beijing Subway

We Exit the Station - 25

The Beijing Subway network is presently growing rapidly; a mileage of up to 561 km by the year 2015 is planned, beating well-established systems such as the Paris Metro and the London Underground. Long-term plans envision a Beijing with 1,053 km of subway by the year 2050, an impressive figure at that. The present-day network, while far from complete, is already a massive improvement over the network in 2001.