Beijing to Build Second Subway Loop Line

2004/11/15

Beijing plans to build a second subway loop line to improve the city's metro network, China Radio International reported on November 1.

The city has one loop line circling the city's centre now. The second line is expected to pass through the central business district (CBD) on the city's east side and the Zhongguancun high-tech zone and the Olympic park in the north.

More subways and light-rail lines will be built to serve the outskirts of Beijing.

By 2020, if all goes according to plans, Beijing will have 16 subway lines, 6 light railways, and 6 railways.



	Article featured in Business Beijing, November 2004 Publication sponsored by Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Development & Reform Commission of Beijing Municipality, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Beijing Sub-Council)