Last week, Beijing Subway relaunched their Time Traveler Train for the summer. This retro train’s design incorporates iconic features of Beijing's subway system throughout history. Image via Beijing ...

I've chipped in and hope others will too. _____ * For locals: the map actually showed a direct subway line from Sihui station, on Line 1, right up to Shunyi.

That map got us at China Real Time wondering about the literal translations of Beijing's subway station names. We couldn't fit all 200+ stations, so we narrowed it down to some with the best ...

The Beijing subway map may guide passengers wherever they want to go in the city, but the producers of a new "anti-pickpocket map" hope it will ensure they arrive with all their belongings in tow.

But that image is always there, a reminder to me that the Beijing subway offers more than reliable and quick ride. It offers moments in real China. I have had 1,000 of them. * Update, May 5: ...

Beijing has built 10 new subway lines in the past four years, bringing the city’s total number of lines to 14. Eight more are due to be completed in the next five years, at an estimated cost of ...