Urban rail in Beijing
    Beijing has an extensive public transportation network. Subway and City Rail with high speed trains running at intervals of 3 to 5 minutes are the fastest public transportation in the city. There are more than 60 thousand taxis in the city. Public buses are the cheapest means of transportation which cover the entire city.
    The starting fare of public buses is 1 yuan in the city and 2 yuan in the suburb areas. It is also a good idea to buy a Public Transportation Card which charges a starting fare of 40 cents per trip. You need to pay a deposit of 20 yuan and prepay a certain amount to use the Public Transportation Card just like any Beijing citizen. When you leave Beijing, just return the Card at any card sale counter and the deposit will be refunded to you. The Public Transportation Card can also be used in Subway and City Rails but no discount on the ticket fares will be given.
    Beijing Subway fares vary on different lines. Single trip on Line Batong is 2 yuan, single trip on Line 1, Line 2 and City Rail Line 13 is 3 yuan, the transfer set ticket between Line 13 and any city line is 5 yuan, and the transfer set ticket between Line Batong and any city line is 4 yuan.
    北京的公共交通四通八達(dá)，地鐵和城市鐵路是最快捷的市內(nèi)交通工具，一般3－5分鐘一班，速度很快。全市有出租車6萬多輛，也十分方便。公共汽車則貫通城市的東西南北，是最經(jīng)濟(jì)的交通工具。
    公交車票價通常為1元起價，遠(yuǎn)郊區(qū)縣為2元。購買一張公交卡也是不錯的選擇，公交卡每次乘坐的刷卡費用將以4角錢起價。您只需要繳納20元押金并儲進(jìn)一定金額，就可以和北京老百姓一樣使用，等到您要離開北京的時候，將卡退回各公交卡售賣儲值點，就可以取回押金。公交卡也適用于地鐵和輕軌，但是票價將不打折。
    北京的地鐵票價按不同線路有所區(qū)分，八通線單程票價為2元，1號線、2號線和輕軌13號線單程票價為3元，輕軌13號線與市內(nèi)各線路間換乘的套票為5元，八通線與市內(nèi)各線路間換乘的套票為4元。