Beijing's new 27.5 km long, 23-station metro Line 5 (Tiantongyuan North - Songjiazhuang South) began running this week to the delight of commuters resigned to heavy congestion both above and below ground.
According to Beijing News tickets for the subway line will cost only two yuan, or about 27 US cents, regardless of the distance travelled or how many times passengers transfer lines.
Just for the sake of comparison, a New York City token is $2.00, a single fare tube ticket in London is £4.00 and a single ticket in the Paris metro is 1.40 euros.
image of Beijing metro ticket courtesy of urbanrail.
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