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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
, as the
capital and one of the four
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
(PRC), is a
transport hub
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, with a sophisticated network of roads, railways and two major airports. Five completed
ring roads
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...
encircle the city with nine expressways heading in virtually all compass directions, supplemented by eleven
China National Highways
The China National Highways (CNH/Guodao) () is a network of trunk roads across mainland China. Apart from the expressways of China that are planned and constructed later, most of the CNH are not controlled-access highways.
History
The bui ...
.
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:
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2nd Ring Road
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3rd Ring Road
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4th Ring Road
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5th Ring Road
Beijing's 5th Ring Road (, China Road Numbering: S50 (Beijing) is a ring road encircling the city about away from the city centre. It takes the form of an expressway and is in length. Being a ring road, it has no natural start or end point, ...
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6th Ring Road
The "1st Ring" of Beijing refers to the historic tram route (now demolished) through
Xidan
Xidan ( Chinese: 西 单; Pinyin: Xīdān) is a major traditional commercial area in Beijing, China. It is located in the Xicheng District.
The Xidan commercial district incorporates the Xidan Culture Square, North Xidan Street, as well as man ...
, Ping'anli,
Di'anmen
Di'anmen () or Bei'anmen was an imperial gate in Beijing, China. The gate was first built in the Yongle period of the Ming dynasty, and served as the main northern gate to the Imperial City (the southern gate is the much more famed Tiananmen
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, Beixinqiao,
Dongdan and
Tiananmen
The Tiananmen (also Tian'anmen (天安门), Tienanmen, T’ien-an Men; ), or the Gate of Heaven-Sent Pacification, is a monumental gate in the city center of Beijing, China, the front gate of the Imperial City, Beijing, Imperial City of Beij ...
. 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
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Expressways of Beijing
Beijing was first linked to outside areas by the Jingshi Expressway in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Now, many expressways link Beijing, and future expressways are planned.″
History
When the Airport Expressway and the Jingjintang Expresswa ...
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Nine toll expressways link Beijing to its suburbs, outlying regions, and other cities; these are:
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Jingzang Expressway (Madian Bridge to Badaling and
Yanqing District
Yanqing District (), formerly known as Yanqing County before 2015, is a district of the municipality of Beijing located northwest of the city proper of Beijing. The district consists of 3 subdistricts, 11 towns and 4 townships, and borders th ...
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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 tow ...
(Connects Beijing to Chengde in Hebei province)
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Airport Expressway (Sanyuanqiao to Beijing Capital International Airport)
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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.
Touri ...
(Dawang Bridge –
Tongzhou District)
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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 ...
(Beiguan Roundabout – Yanjiao in Hebei province)
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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 ...
(Sifang Bridge – Shenyang)
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Jinghu Expressway (Runs from Beijing to Shanghai)
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Jingkai Expressway (Yuquanying–Yufa)
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Jingshi Expressway
"Beijing" is from pinyin ''Běijīng,'' which is romanized from , the Chinese name for this city. The pinyin system of transliteration was approved by the Chinese government in 1958, but little used until 1979. It was gradually adopted by various ...
(Liuliqiao–Shijiazhuang)
China National Highways
Eleven
China National Highway
The China National Highways (CNH/Guodao) () is a network of trunk roads across mainland China. Apart from the expressways of China that are planned and constructed later, most of the CNH are not controlled-access highways.
History
The bu ...
routes depart from Beijing in virtually all compass directions:
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China National Highway 101
China National Highway 101 is a major trunk route connecting Beijing to Shenyang, Liaoning. In Beijing it is known as Jingshun Road () or Jingmi Road () for connecting central Beijing to Shunyi District and Miyun District, although the actual ...
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Dongzhimen–
Chengde
Chengde, formerly known as Jehol and Rehe, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated about 225 km northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by ...
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Shenyang)
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China National Highway 102 (
Chaoyangmen
Chaoyangmen (; Manchu:; Möllendorff:šun be aliha duka) was a gate in the former city wall of Beijing. It is now a transportation node and a district border in Beijing. It is located in the Dongcheng District of northeastern central Beijing. R ...
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Harbin)
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China National Highway 103
China National Highway 103 (G103) is the main traffic corridor between Beijing and Tianjin. It goes from Tongzhou Beijing to Tianjin and then to the coastal area of Binhai on the outskirts of Tianjin, and runs to approximately 163 km.
This ...
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Fenzhongsi
Fenzhongsi () in Beijing. It is the starting point of the Jingjintang Expressway to Langfang, Tianjin and Tanggu, and has been served by Fenzhongsi station of the Beijing Subway
The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing ...
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Tianjin
Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...
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Tanggu
Tanggu District () was a district in the Tianjin municipality, now part of the Binhai New Area. It is on the Hai River where it enters the Bohai Sea, and is a port for Tianjin, which is about upriver. The Tianjin Economic-Technological Develo ...
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China National Highway 104
China National Highway 104 (G104) runs from Beijing to Pingtan via Jinan, Xuzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Taizhou and Fuzhou.
It runs to approximately 2606 km, and, on a map, runs southeast towards Nanjing and Hangzhou before turning south-sout ...
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Yongdingmen
Yongdingmen (), literally meaning “Gate of Perpetual Peace”, was the former front gate of the outer city of Beijing's old city wall. Originally built in 1553 during Ming Dynasty, it was torn down in the 1950s to make way for the new road syst ...
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Fuzhou)
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China National Highway 105
China National Highway 105 (G105) runs from Beijing to Macau SAR, via Langfang, Chuangzhou, Dezhou, Donge, Jining, Shuangyou, Fuyang, Liuan, Jiujiang, Nanchang, Ji'an, Guangzhou and Zhuhai. It runs to approximately 2,717 km, and, on a map, ...
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Yongdingmen
Yongdingmen (), literally meaning “Gate of Perpetual Peace”, was the former front gate of the outer city of Beijing's old city wall. Originally built in 1553 during Ming Dynasty, it was torn down in the 1950s to make way for the new road syst ...
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Zhuhai
Zhuhai (, ; Yale: ''Jyūhói''), also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, on the southeastern edge of Pear ...
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Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...
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China National Highway 106
China National Highway 106 (G106; , 106 Guo Dao) is a road from Beijing to Guangzhou.
It leaves Beijing at Yuquanying and heads to Gu'an County, Bazhou (Hebei), Kaifeng (Henan), Ezhou (Hubei), and eventually Guangzhou (Guangdong) on the south ...
(
Yuquanying–
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
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China National Highway 107
China's National Highway 107 runs from Beijing to Hong Kong SAR via Wuhan. It runs to approximately 2,698 km, and, on a map, runs broadly on a straight line from Beijing to Shenzhen. In 2013, under a new 2013-2030 plan by the National Devel ...
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Guang'anmen
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Guang'anmen, also known as the , Guangningmen and Zhangyimen, was a city gate of old Beijing, constructed during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor (1521–1567) of the Ming Dynasty. This gate was part of Beijing's city wall, situated s ...
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Shenzhen
Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...
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China National Highway 108
China National Highway 108 (G108) is a National Highway which connects Beijing through Chengdu to Kunming. In Beijing it is known as Jingyuan Road.
It leaves Beijing at Fuxingmen and heads for Yamenkou, before heading into hillier terrain and lea ...
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Fuxingmen
Fuxingmen () is the name of a gate that used to be a part of Beijing's old city wall. It is also the name of a road situated in central Beijing and on the northwestern stretch of the 2nd Ring Road.
Origin
Fuxingmen means "Gate of Revival". An o ...
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Kunming)
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China National Highway 109
China National Highway 109 connects Beijing with Lhasa. It runs westwards from Beijing via Datong, Yinchuan and Xining to Golmud before turning southwest to Lhasa. The portion of the highway from Xining to Lhasa is known as the Qinghai-Tibet Hig ...
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Fuchengmen
Fuchengmen (; Manchu:;Möllendorf:elgiyen i mutehe duka) was a gate on the western side of Beijing's city wall. The gate was torn down in the 1960s, and has been replaced by the Fuchengmen overpass on the 2nd Ring Road. Fuchengmen Station is a ...
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Lhasa
Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China. The inner urban area of Lhas ...
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China National Highway 110
China National Highway 110 (G110) runs from Beijing to Qingtongxia, via Hohhot, Baotou in Inner Mongolia, and Yinchuan. It heads northwest from Beijing to Zhangjiakou then heads straight west, and runs to approximately .
In October 2004 and Nove ...
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Deshengmen
Deshengmen (; lit. "Gate of Virtuous Triumph") is a city gate that was once part of Beijing's northern city wall. It is one of Beijing's few preserved city gates and now stands as a landmark on the northern 2nd Ring Road. Latimer D. (2014) ''The ...
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Yinchuan
Yinchuan (, ; ) is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, and was the capital of the Tangut-led Western Xia dynasty. It has an area of and a total population of 2,859,074 according to the 2020 Chinese census, and its buil ...
)
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China National Highway 111
China National Highway 111 runs from Beijing to Mohe of Heilongjiang province.
It leaves Beijing heading north-east. In November 2019, an expansion to the northernmost town in China, Mohe (Walagan), was completed.
Route and distance
See als ...
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Dongzhimen–
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...
province)
Traffic congestion
Beijing as of 2011 has an estimated 5 million registered cars on its roads, so
traffic congestion is widespread. Traffic in the city centre is often gridlocked and is only predicted to get worse as the number of vehicles on Beijing's roads increase. It is predicted by 2016 Beijing will have over 6 million cars on its roads. To combat congestion the local government has rapidly been building the subway system adding more lines and working towards doubling the length of the subway system by 2015. In addition to this they have decreased the cost of fares in an attempt to encourage more people to use public transport. In 2008 Beijing introduced restrictions on the number of cars on its roads in attempt to reduce congestion and pollution during the Olympic games period. They did this by adopting odd-even traffic restriction on alternative days. Cars with number plates ending with odd numbers were restricted one day and the next day cars with number plates ending with even numbers were restricted. Drivers who were unable to use their cars did not have to pay road or vehicle taxes, costing the city around 1.3 billion yuan.
Urban public transportation
Beijing has an extensive public transportation network of buses, trolleybuses, suburban rail and a rapidly expanding subway system. In 2021, 76.5% of commuters used public transit in Beijing.
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Beijing Subway
The
Beijing Subway
The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Municipality that consists of 25 lines including 20 rapid transit lines, two airport rail links, one maglev line and 2 light rail lines, and 463 stations. The rail network extends acro ...
now has 23 lines, of lines and 394 stations in operation. Subway travel is generally fast, clean, economical and during peak periods congested. Currently about 12 million journeys are made on the subway every day. By 2020, the city predicts daily ridership will increase to over 18.5 million journeys a day. A ¥3 minimum fare that rises according to the distance travelled applies to all lines, except the
Capital Airport Express (¥25) and the
Daxing Airport Express
Daxing Airport Express, also spelled as Tahsing Airport Express of the Beijing Subway () is an airport rail link from (located at the Southern 3rd Ring Road) to the Beijing Daxing International Airport. It is colored blue on subway maps. The ...
(¥10 - ¥35). The electronic commuter fare card, ''
Yikatong
The Beijing Municipal Administration & Communication Card (), more commonly known as the Yikatong (literally One-card pass), is a stored-value contactless smart card used in Beijing, China, for public transportation and related uses. It is simil ...
'' is accepted on all lines.
Beijing Suburban Railway
The
Beijing Suburban Railway
BCR (''Beijing City Rail'') also known as Beijing Suburban Railway is a commuter rail service that connects urban Beijing with outlying districts beyond the reach of the city's Beijing Subway network. The suburban rail services run on existin ...
, a suburban commuter train service, is managed separately from the Beijing Subway. The two systems, although complementary, are not related to each other operationally. Beijing Suburban Railway is run as part of the
China Railway Beijing Group
China Railway Beijing Group, officially abbreviated as CR Beijing or CR-Beijing, formerly, Beijing Railway Administration is a subsidiaries company under the jurisdiction of the China Railway (formerly the Ministry of Railway). It supervises the ...
.
There are 4 suburban railway lines currently in operation:
Line S2,
Sub-Central line,
Huairou–Miyun line
Huairou–Miyun Line of Beijing Suburban Railway (BCR) (), or Huaimi Line (), is a commuter rail line in Beijing. It runs from in Xicheng District to in Miyun District. The line is in length with 7 stations.
It provides faster service to reac ...
and
Tongmi line.
Bus, Trolleybus and BRT
The Beijing Public Transport Holdings, Ltd. ("BPT") is the main bus and
trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or trol ...
operator in the city. It is owned by the city and, as of 2009, operated nearly 28,000 buses (including trolleybuses) on 882 bus lines and delivered 5.03 billion rides in 2009. in 2011, Beijing had more than 28,343 buses carrying over 13.39 million person/trips a day.
Over 1,100
Dual-mode trolleybuses operate on 29 routes and is gradually being expanded to combat urban air pollution. BPT also currently operates 4
bus rapid transit lines.
Bus pass
The BPT offered month-long bus passes until 2006.
Bus enquiry services
The BPT provides enquiry services via both its official website http://www.bjbus.com and a helpline: +86-10-96166.
Taxi
Taxi fares depend on the vehicle type: these start at
CNY 13 for the first 3 kilometers, and go up by
CNY2.30 per extra kilometer; the per-kilometer charge is based upon the make and model of the vehicle. After 10 pm the base fare goes up by 20%. Idling time is also factored into the total fare, which is
CNY2.30 (
CNY4.60 during rush hours of 07:00−09:00 and 17:00−19:00) per 5 minutes of standing or running at speeds lower than . All legal cabs will be part golden yellow or all black in color, and display their permits and paperwork on the dash board and windshield.
There are also many illegal cabs known as (''heiche'', meaning 'Black Cabs' as in "black market" or "illegal"), which operate via a pre-negotiated fare.
Taxi-like services, including Pedicabs, are also widely used. A motorized or manual bicycle is probably the most commonly seen form, although pedicabs are still available in certain parts of the city. These quaint modes of transport also employ the pre-negotiated fare system
In 1999, the environmentally unsound "bread cars" (
Minivans
Minivan (sometimes called simply as van) is a North American car classification for vehicles designed to transport passengers in the rear seating row(s), with reconfigurable seats in two or three rows. The equivalent classification in Europe i ...
) (''mianbao che'', a.k.a. ''miandi'') were decommissioned in a stringent manner. They used to charge CNY 1 per kilometre. Although it was sound, budget-wise, their poor environmental record and an increasing consciousness of the image of the capital were the factors that landed them in the dumpster. As of 2004, 1.20 RMB/km taxicabs were phased out, and as of 2006 all taxi fares were 2.00 RMB per km with the same 10 RMB starting fare for 3 km rule. The
Hyundai Elantra
The Hyundai Elantra, also known as the Hyundai Avante ( ko, 현대 아반떼), is a compact car produced by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai since 1990. The Elantra was initially marketed as the ''Lantra'' in Australia and some European m ...
is the common new type of taxi, along with the
Volkswagen Jetta
The Volkswagen Jetta () is a compact car/ small family car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen since 1979. Positioned to fill a sedan niche above the firm's Golf hatchback, it has been marketed over seven generations, variously as the A ...
CiF.
Intercity transportation
Air
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing has two of the world's largest airports. The
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). It is located northeast of Beijing's city center, in an exclave of Chaoyang District ...
(
IATA: PEK) located northeast of the city center in
Chaoyang District bordering
Shunyi District, is the
second busiest airport in the world after
Atlanta
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's
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Capital Airport's Terminal 3, built during the expansion for the 2008 Olympics, is one of the largest in the world. Capital Airport is the main hub for
Air China and
Hainan Airlines
Hainan Airlines Co., Ltd. (HNA, ) is an airline headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China. The airline is rated as a 5-star airline by Skytrax. It is the largest civilian-run and majority state-owned air transport company, ...
. The
Airport Expressway and
Second Airport Expressway, connects to Capital Airport from the northeast and east of the city center, respectively. Driving time from city center is about 40 minutes under normal traffic conditions. The
Capital Airport Express line of
Beijing Subway
The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Municipality that consists of 25 lines including 20 rapid transit lines, two airport rail links, one maglev line and 2 light rail lines, and 463 stations. The rail network extends acro ...
and the
Capital Airport Bus serves the Capital Airport.
Beijing Daxing International Airport
The
Beijing Daxing International Airport
Beijing Daxing International Airport , is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK). It is located on the border of Beijing and Langfang, Hebei Province. It has bee ...
(IATA: PKX) located south of the city in
Daxing District
Daxing District () is a district of Beijing, covering the southern suburbs of the city. It borders the Beijing districts of Tongzhou to the east/northeast, Fangshan to the west, Fengtai to the northwest, Chaoyang to the northeast, and the Heb ...
bordering the city of
Langfang
Langfang () is a prefecture-level city of Hebei Province, which was known as Tianjin Prefecture until 1973. It was renamed Langfang Prefecture after Tianjin became a municipality and finally upgraded into a prefecture-level city in 1988. Lang ...
,
Hebei Province
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...
, opened on September 25, 2019.
The Daxing Airport has one of the world's largest terminal buildings and is expected to be a major airport serving Beijing, Tianjin and northern Hebei Province. Daxing Airport is connected to the city via the
Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway
The Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway or Jingxiong intercity railway () is a high-speed rail that connects Beijing and Xiong'an.
It is one of two lines connecting the urban area of Beijing to the Beijing Daxing International Airport. The othe ...
, the
Daxing Airport Express
Daxing Airport Express, also spelled as Tahsing Airport Express of the Beijing Subway () is an airport rail link from (located at the Southern 3rd Ring Road) to the Beijing Daxing International Airport. It is colored blue on subway maps. The ...
line of the Beijing Subway and two expressways.
Other airports
With the opening of the Daxing Airport in September 2019, the
Beijing Nanyuan Airport
Beijing Nanyuan Airport was a military airbase and a secondary commercial airport of Beijing. Located in Fengtai District, south of the 4th Ring Road and from Tiananmen Square, Nanyuan Airport was first opened in 1910, making it the olde ...
(IATA: NAY), located south of city center in
Fengtai District, has been closed to civilian airline service. Other airports in the city at Liangxiang, Xijiao, Shahe and Badaling are primarily for military use.
Visa requirements for air passengers
, tourists from 45 countries are permitted a 72-hour visa-free stay in Beijing. The 45 countries include Singapore, Japan, the United States, Canada, all EU and EEA countries (except Norway and Liechtenstein), Switzerland, Brazil, Argentina and Australia. The programme benefits transit and business travellers with the 72 hours calculated starting from the moment visitors receive their transit stay permits rather than the time of their plane's arrival. Foreign visitors are not permitted to leave Beijing for other Chinese cities during the 72 hours.
[ "Beijing 72-hour Visa-free" ChinaTour.Net]
Accessed 6 June 2014
Trains
Stations
Beijing has four main railway stations:
Beijing railway station,
Beijing North railway station
Beijingbei (Beijing North) railway station (), formerly known as Xizhimen railway station (), is a railway station in Beijing. It was built in 1905 as one of the original stations on the Jingzhang railway (part of the old Beijing–Baotou railw ...
,
Beijing West railway station
Beijingxi (Beijing West) railway station (), colloquially referred to as ''West Station'' (), is located in western Beijing's Fengtai District. Opened in early 1996 after three years of construction, it was the largest railway station in Asi ...
,
Beijing South railway station
Beijingnan (Beijing South) railway station () is a large railway station (mainly serving high speed trains) in Fengtai District, Beijing, about south of central Beijing, between the 2nd and 3rd ring roads. The station in its present form opened ...
. The latter two are among the biggest railway stations in the world.
Beijing Chaoyang railway station
Beijing Chaoyang railway station (), formerly known as Xinghuo railway station (), is a railway station in Chaoyang District, Beijing. This station is the main terminus of the Beijing–Harbin high-speed railway, and one of eight main passeng ...
is a station for high-speed trains from the northeast. Other railway stations in urban Beijing include:
Beijing East,
Beijing Fengtai, Guang'anmen,
Changping North. The Hepingli railway station is no longer in service.
Several more stations are under construction.
Beijing Fengtai railway station
Beijing Fengtai railway station () is a railway station located in the Fengtai District of Beijing. It was renamed from Fengtai railway station to Beijing Fengtai railway station in 2021. The new railway station opened on 20 June 2022.
The new ...
will be a very large station in southwest Beijing with both high-speed and conventional services calling at it.
Beijing Sub-Center railway station
Beijing Sub-Center railway station (), also known as Beijingchengshifuzhongxin railway station, is a railway station in the sub-administrative center area, Tongzhou District, Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ...
is situated in Tongzhou District and will be both a terminus and an intermediate station on multiple intercity lines.
Railways
Beijing is a major railway hub in China's railway network. The following eight major
railways
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
radiate out of Beijing:
*
Jingguang Railway, to
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
,
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
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Jinghu Railway
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 Dist ...
, to
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...
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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
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(includes
Jingqin Railway), to
Harbin,
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...
*
Jingbao Railway, to
Baotou,
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
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Jingtong Railway, to
Tongliao
Tongliao (; mn, ''Tüŋliyou qota'', Mongolian Cyrillic: Байшинт хот) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The area is and as of the 2020 census, its population was 2,873,168 (3,139,153 ...
, Inner Mongolia
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Jingyuan Railway, to
Yuanping,
Shanxi
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Jingcheng Railway, to
Chengde
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,
Hebei
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Jingjiu Railway, to
Shenzhen
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,
Guangdong
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and onwards to
Kowloon,
Hong Kong
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. Hong Kong is a
. To cross the boundary between mainland China and Hong Kong, passengers have to go through immigration and customs checks, like international trains.
The city also hosts a number of high speed railway lines:
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Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway, to
Tianjin
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Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway, to
Shanghai
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Jingguang High-speed Railway, to
Shijiazhuang,
Wuhan
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and
Guangzhou
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, opening late 2012.''
Further high speed connections being proposed include links to Shenyang, Tangshan, Zhangjiakou, Kowloon, Taipei, and Taiyuan.
International trains departing from Beijing
There are a number of international trains departing from Beijing to neighbouring countries. The Trans-Siberian train to Ulaan Baatar (Mongolia) and then onto Moscow (Russia) departs from Beijing. There are also trains to Pyongyang (North Korea) and Hanoi (Vietnam) which depart from Beijing. The trains also stop at other cities and towns along the route. International trains currently depart from Beijing West Railway Station and Beijing Railway Station.
The following is a guide to the international services which depart Beijing.
* K3/4: Beijing to
Moscow
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via
Ulaan Baatar: Departs from Beijing Railway Station every Wednesday at 7:45 a.m.
* Z5/6: Beijing to Hanoi via
Nanning: Departs from Beijing West Railway Station every Thursday and Friday at 4:08 p.m.
* K19/20: Beijing to
Moscow
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: Departs from Beijing Railway Station every Saturday at 11:00 p.m.
* K23/24: Beijing to
Ulaan Baatar: Departs from Beijing Railway Station every Saturday at 7:45 a.m.
* K27/28: Beijing to
Pyongyang
Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populat ...
: Departs from Beijing Railway Station every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
See also
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Grand Canal of China
The Grand Canal, known to the Chinese as the Jing–Hang Grand Canal (, or more commonly, as the「大运河」("Grand Canal")), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the longest canal or artificial river in the world. Starting in Beijing, it passes ...
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Transport in the People's Republic of China
Transport in China has experienced major growth and expansion in recent years. Although China's transport system comprises a vast network of transport nodes across its huge territory, the nodes tend to concentrate in the more economically devel ...
References
External links
Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport
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Transport in China