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Passengers wait for trains on the platform at Sihui East station on Subway Line One in Beijing on the first morning after the fare hike on Dec 29, 2014. [Photo/IC]
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A Chinese writer and scholar Wang Xiaodong said on his Sina Weibo account that he was frisked while entering Line 7 this morning, and he worried if this would be too time-consuming and keep commuters stuck in the morning.
The new fares, which were formally put in force on Sunday, put subway fares starting at three yuan, and bus fares at two yuan.
The price of a subway ticket ranges from three yuan to six yuan when the travelling distance is below 32 km. People who go further need to pay one yuan for every 20 km.
Raymond Zhou
Op Rana
Berlin Fang
Zhu Yuan
Huang Xiangyang
Chen Weihua