Editorial Reviews - Transport in Beijing From the Publisher Excerpt: Beijing, as the capital and a municipality of the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a transportation hub, with a sophisticated network of roads, railways and a major airport. Four completed ring roads encircle a city with nine expressways heading in virtually all compass directions, supplemented by eleven China National Highways. Beijing West Railway StationBeijing has a growing subway system, as well as three major train railway stations: Beijing Railway Station (or the central station) and Beijing West Railway Station and the newly opened Beijing South Railway Station,which is the biggest in China. The Beijing Subway now has 8 lines, 200 km of tracks and 123 stations in operation. Subway travel is generally fast, clean and economical. A flat fare of ¥2 with unlimited transfers applies to all lines, except the express link to the airport, which costs ¥25. The electronic commuter fare card, Yikatong is accepted on all lines. The subway network is still undergoing rapid expansion. Current plans call for 19 lines and 561 km by 2015. The Beijing Suburban Railway is a commuter railway service that connects outlying counties with the subway network. Six "S-numbered" lines have been planned. There is only one S-Line currently in operation. The S2 Line runs from the North Station at Xizhimen to the Badaling Great Wall in Yanqing County. Beijing is one of the major hubs of China's railway network. The following eight major railways radiate out of Beijing: Six other railway stations in Metropolitan Beijing handle regular passenger traffic: Beijing East, Beijing North, Beijing South, Fengtai, Guanganmen, and Xinghuo. Hepingli Railway Station seems to have been completely abandoned and is apparently no longer in service. International trains leave fr... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=925636 Synopsis Excerpt: Beijing, as the capital and a municipality of the People'