Three new subway lines open in Beijing
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
People visit Huilongguan Xidajie Station of Beijing Subway Line 18 in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2025. Three new subway lines opened on Saturday in Beijing, adding the city’s total urban rail transit length to 909 kilometers. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Passengers are seen at Tiantongyuan Station of Beijing Subway Line 18 in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2025. Three new subway lines opened on Saturday in Beijing, adding the city’s total urban rail transit length to 909 kilometers. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Passengers are seen at Dongdaqiao Station of the middle section of Beijing Subway Line 17 in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2025. Three new subway lines opened on Saturday in Beijing, adding the city’s total urban rail transit length to 909 kilometers. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
A passenger takes photos at Tiantongyuan East Station of Beijing Subway Line 18 in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2025. Three new subway lines opened on Saturday in Beijing, adding the city’s total urban rail transit length to 909 kilometers. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Passengers are seen on a train of Beijing Subway Line 18 in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2025. Three new subway lines opened on Saturday in Beijing, adding the city’s total urban rail transit length to 909 kilometers. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Passengers are seen at Yong’anli Station of the middle section of Beijing Subway Line 17 in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2025. Three new subway lines opened on Saturday in Beijing, adding the city’s total urban rail transit length to 909 kilometers. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Passengers are seen onboard a train of Beijing Subway Line 18 at Huoying East Station in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2025. Three new subway lines opened on Saturday in Beijing, adding the city’s total urban rail transit length to 909 kilometers. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Passengers are seen at Dongdaqiao Station of the middle section of Beijing Subway Line 17 in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2025. Three new subway lines opened on Saturday in Beijing, adding the city’s total urban rail transit length to 909 kilometers. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Passengers check a map of Beijing urban rail transit lines on a train of Beijing Subway Line 17 in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2025. Three new subway lines opened on Saturday in Beijing, adding the city’s total urban rail transit length to 909 kilometers. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Passengers are seen on a train of Beijing Subway Line 18 in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2025. Three new subway lines opened on Saturday in Beijing, adding the city’s total urban rail transit length to 909 kilometers. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
