Transport In Beijing
Beijing, as the capital and one of the four municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a transport hub, with a sophisticated network of roads, railways and two major airports. Five completed ring roads encircle the city with nine expressways heading in virtually all compass directions, supplemented by eleven China National Highways. Transport in the capital is overseen by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport. Road network Ring roads The city is served by five completed ring roads. From the centre of the city outward, they are: * 2nd Ring Road * 3rd Ring Road * 4th Ring Road * 5th Ring Road * 6th Ring Road The "1st Ring" of Beijing refers to the historic tram route (now demolished) through Xidan, Ping'anli, Di'anmen, Beixinqiao, Dongdan and Tiananmen. No ring roads are built on this route but it is still called "1st Ring". From that on, ring road built on Beijing's historic city limit is called 2nd Ring. Expressways :''Main topic: Expressways of ...
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South Of Dongdan
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of a ...
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Dongdan, Beijing
Dongdan (), literally "Eastern Single" or "Eastern Single Sign Gate" is the name of a crossing on Beijing's Chang'an Avenue and surrounding neighborhood. The name is derived from the single ''paifang'' or Chinese sign gate that once marked the intersection.(Chinese"“东单”“西单”“东四”“西四” 名称的来历" 2009-04-15 In the checkerboard layout of Beijing, the Dongdan intersection in Dongcheng District, Beijing, Dongcheng District to the east of the city centre, is balanced by Xidan or the "Western Single" in Xicheng District to the west of city centre. Dongdan and Xidan were traditionally market centers. In the Dongdan region one finds the Oriental Plaza (Beijing), Oriental Plaza, and Dongdan North Street, termed "silver street" for being next to (and slightly inferior to) Wangfujing Street. Like Wangfujing, Dongdan is also home to many shops. Local transit The Beijing Subway has a stop at Dongdan Station, Dongdan for both Line 1, Beijing Subway, Line ...
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Jinghu Expressway
Jinghu may refer to: *Jinghu (instrument) (京胡), Chinese bowed string instrument in the ''huqin'' family Places *Jinghu District (镜湖区), a district in Wuhu, Anhui, China *Jinghu Subdistrict (镜湖街道), a subdistrict in Ningjiang District, Songyuan, Jilin, China *Jinghu Circuit (荆湖路), a circuit or province of the Song dynasty Beijing/Shanghai *Jinghu (京沪), a colloquial term referring to Beijing and Shanghai, two of the largest cities in China ** Jinghu Expressway, road linking Beijing to Shanghai in China **Jinghu railway, train line running between Beijing and Shanghai in China **Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (or Jinghu high-speed railway, from its name in Mandarin) is a high-speed railway that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China: the Bohai Economic Rim and the Yangtze River ...

Jingshen Expressway
Jingshen Seafood Market or Chingshen Seafood Market (JSM; ) is a marketplace in the Fengtai district of Beijing. Synopsis As with other marketplaces in China, wholesale and retail trade are both seen here, as well as restaurants. Jingshen is the largest seafood marketplace in Beijing. Tourists are advised to "keep expectations low in terms of a clean shopping environment as it can be a little messy in there" because "most sections of the market are devoted to large-scale, wholesale purchases". Retail vendors are located on "the first floor of a three-floor building located at the center" of the marketplace. "The main areas of the JSM include six operating areas, including a seafood operating area, a frozen product operating area, an aquatic products trading hall, a dry goods seasoning operating area, a shell and crab operating area, and a car aquatic products trading area, and a supporting service area. There are about 800 booths." History The JSM banned individual visitors from ...
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Jingha Expressway
Jingha may refer to: * Jingha Expressway, expressway in China that links Beijing to Harbin *Jingha railway Jingha may refer to: * Jingha Expressway, expressway in China that links Beijing to Harbin * Jingha railway, railway in China that connects Beijing with Harbin {{Disambig ...

Tongzhou District, Beijing
Tongzhou District (, alternate spellings ''Tungchow'' ''Tungchou'' (T'ung-chou), or Tong County during 1914–1997) is a district of Beijing. It is located in southeast Beijing and considered the eastern gateway to the nation's capital. Downtown Tongzhou itself lies around east of central Beijing, at the northern end of the Grand Canal (China), Grand Canal (on the junction between the Tonghui Canal and the Northern Canal) and at the easternmost end of Chang'an Avenue. The entire district covers an area of , or 6% of Beijing's total area. It had a population of 673,952 at the 2000 Census, and has seen significant growth and development since then, growing to a population of 1,184,000 at the 2010 Census. The district is subdivided into four subdistricts, ten towns, and one ethnic township. History Tongzhou was founded in 195 BC during the Western Han Dynasty under the name of Lu (路) County, although there is evidence for human settlement in the Neolithic. At the start of the ...
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Jingtong Expressway
Jingtong () is a locale in Pingxi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Originally a coal mining town, today it is known mostly for tourism, with numerous souvenir shops and exhibits on the history of the area and the coal mining industry. Tourist attractions * Jingtong Coal Memorial Park * Jingtong Mining Industry Museum * Jingtong Old Street * Jingtong Railway Story House Transportation Jingtong Station was built by the Japanese in the 1930s. The town is a terminus of the Pingxi Line of the Taiwan Railways Administration. See also * New Taipei City New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, be ... References Geography of New Taipei Tourist attractions in New Taipei {{Taiwan-geo-stub ...
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Airport Expressway (Beijing)
The Airport Expressway (), officially the S12, is a controlled-access highway in Beijing, China, which links central Beijing to the Beijing Capital International Airport. It is just under 20 km in length. Opened in 1993, the expressway links Sanyuanqiao on the northeastern 3rd Ring Road to Beijing Airport. Another expressway, the 2nd Airport Expressway, was built in 2008 prior to the Beijing Olympics to serve traffic from the city to the airport. Route The Airport Expressway runs entirely within the confines of the municipality of Beijing. Basic Route: Beijing ( Sanyuanqiao - Siyuan - Beigao - Xiaotianzu - Beijing Capital International Airport) Status: The entire expressway is complete. History The expressway opened on September 14, 1993, following a year-long construction effort which began on July 2, 1992. Previously, all traffic used the old Airport Road, which was tested to the limit in the early 1990s. This expressway has slashed driving time to the air ...
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Jingcheng Expressway
Jingcheng may refer to: *Xu Jingcheng (許景澄) (1845–1900), Qing Dynasty diplomat *Jingcheng (竟成), a pseudonym of educator Kong Zhaoshou *Jingcheng, a name for Beijing's inner city * Jingcheng, Nanjing County, Zhangzhou (靖城镇), a town in Nanjing County, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China * Jingcheng, Changjiang, Jingdezhen (竟成镇), a town in Jiangxi Province, China *Jingcheng Railway (京承铁路; Jīngchéng Tiělù), commonly called Beijing–Chengde Railway *Jingcheng Expressway, the former name of the part of the G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway north of Beijing *Jīngchéng, an alternate Romanization of Chang'an, an ancient Chinese city See also *Jincheng Jincheng is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Henan province to the south and southeast. It is an industrial city in an area where coal mining is an important industry. The entire city has a population ...

Yanqing District
Yanqing District (), formerly known as Yanqing County before 2015, is a District (China), district of the municipality of Beijing located northwest of the city proper of Beijing. The district consists of 3 Subdistrict (China), subdistricts, 11 Town (China), towns and 4 Township (China), townships, and borders the Beijing districts of Huairou District, Huairou to the east and Changping District, Changping to the south as well as the Hebei counties of Huailai County, Huailai to the west and Chicheng County, Chicheng to the north. The district hosted the Expo 2019, and hosted alpine skiing, bobsled, luge and skeleton during the 2022 Winter Olympics. History In the Tang dynasty, Guichuan County, named after the Gui River, was established and belonged to the Gui Prefecture (Hubei), Gui Prefecture in Hebei, with a defensive military city. Eventually in 1952, it was reassigned to the Zhangjiakou Special Zone [:zh:张家口专区, zh] in Hebei Province, and in 1958, it was transferred ...
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