Smart card on the first day
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-05-11 07:12
Commuters queue outside Xizhimen subway station
yesterday, when an automatic fare collection system was introduced. Beijing has
scrapped the decades-old paper monthly passes for public transport and is
replacing them with palm-sized "smart" cards. There was some chaos as commuters
tried to adapt to the change. [Xinhua]
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