Not Messing Around
The Urban Planning Authorities in Beijing have approved the construction of six new subway lines. And they plan on starting work on (all?) of them by year end. From the limited amount of press info:
The six new lines - the No. 6, 8 and 9 lines, the second phase of the No. 10 line, and the Yizhuang and Daxing lines, have a total length of 152 kilometers, according to the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning. They will be completed in 2012.
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Odd fact: for its first 8 years of operation, the Beijing subway was not open to the public.
From Wikipedia:
The first line of Beijing Subway connects Beijing railway station to Pingguoyuan. It was first operated on October 1, 1969. The line corresponds to the western section of Line 1 and the southern section of Line 2 today. Initially, however, this line was only for official use. The system opened to the general public in 1977,
