Unlike London, the underground trains in Beijing are very cheap; 2 RMB per trip (that equates to approximately 13p) and by trip I mean you can travel from anywhere on the underground to anywhere else on the underground, no matter how many different lines you need to use and how long your journey is. At present there are only 4 lines operating; Line 1, Line 2, Line 5 and Line 13. These serve Beijing pretty well but, again unlike London, they don't cover the entirety of the city. If you live in the east or west, you'll have to get a taxi everywhere (or at least to the closest station), since the subway only really covers central Beijing, the north and the south (and even then it doesn't stretch all the way north or south). What there is, though, is pretty good ...   more »