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New apps for 2013 for Beijing Subway and Shanghai Metro
We’re fast approaching the end of the year, and the Beijing Subway and Shanghai Metro are making final preparations for the new lines opening. In Shanghai, Line 13 is undergoing testing, and three new...
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Beijing Subway Line 10 completed, and Line 14 opens for Garden Expo
May 2013 brings two new openings for the Beijing Subway! Beijing Subway Line 10, a major loop line around the city opened at the start of 2013, but two stations were missing. Those two stations:...
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Beijing Subway Line 8 gets longer
Beijing Subway’s Line 8 is scheduled to receive two extensions this December! The northern extension connects Line 8 with the Changping Line, with a cross-platform interchange at Zhuxinzhuang. There...
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Asia’s best metro maps: now free forever on iPhone
I’m excited to announce that starting today, all our iPhone metro maps apps are free to download. Whether you need a metro map for Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Singapore,...
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Introducing Material Design for our Android metro maps
We’ve just updated all of our ExploreMetro Android apps with a style update inspired by the new Google Material Design patterns. You’ll see more consistent use of colour throughout the apps: for...
View ArticleYear-end metro openings for Shanghai and Beijing
December 2014 should see several new lines and extensions opening in Shanghai and Beijing. In Shanghai, Line 13 will be extended by three stops, with a new Line 11/13 interchange at Longde Road and a...
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Beijing’s brand new Line 7
This week we’re previewing several new lines and extensions which opened at the end of December 2014. Today, Beijing Subway Line 7. Line 7 is a brand new east-west line, starting at Beijing West...
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Beijing Subway Line 6 heads further east
This week we’re previewing several new lines and extensions which opened at the end of December 2014. Today, Beijing Subway Line 6. Line 6 opened two years ago providing relief for the overcrowded Line...
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A Line of Two Halves: Beijing Subway Line 14
This week we’re previewing several new lines and extensions which opened at the end of December 2014. Today, Beijing Subway Line 14, which originally opened in May 2013. December 2014 saw a new...
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Beijing Subway Line 15 extended through the Olympic Park
This week we’re previewing several new lines and extensions which opened at the end of December 2014. Today, Beijing Subway Line 15. Line 15 has been opened in sections, with the first section opening...
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Subway Line 16 opens in Beijing
The northern section of Line 16 has opened in Beijing, bringing the total number of lines in Beijing to 18, with a total route length of 574km. Line 16 connects Xiyuan on Line 4 with Bei’anhe, in...
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Beijing Subway Xijiao line to open
We’re rounding out 2017 with a preview of the new lines expected to open in China before the end of the year. Typically new lines open in the last few days of December, and details about the exact...
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Beijing Subway Yanfang Line to open
We’re rounding out 2017 with a preview of the new lines expected to open in China before the end of the year. Typically new lines open in the last few days of December, and details about the exact...
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Beijing Subway Line S1 opens
We’re rounding out 2017 with a preview of the new lines expected to open in China before the end of the year. Typically new lines open in the last few days of December, and details about the exact...
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Extensions to Line 6 and Line 8 in Beijing
There were several new openings on December 30, 2018 on the Beijing Subway. Line 6 has been extended an additional four stations west from its old terminus at Haidian Wuluju to Jin’anqiao. This...
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Beijing Subway opens Daxing Airport Express to new airport
On September 28, 2019 a new express metro line opened in Beijing linking to the new Daxing Airport. The Daxing Airport Express runs from Caoqiao on the Third Ring Road, an interchange with Line 10, to...
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2019/2020 year-end updates for ExploreMetro maps
As usual, many of the metro systems around Asia are opening new lines and extensions in the last few days of the year. I’m working hard to get the different maps updated as soon as possible, please...
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