Communities fight over subway line

Two of the city's largest residential communities are fighting online over plans for subway line 14.

Residents of Tiantongyuan community, outside the north fifth ring, are proposing a 10 km extension of the line to add another 10 subway stations and relieve congestion at Tiantongyuan north station, the north terminal of line 5.

However, residents of Wangjing community on the southeast of Tiantongyuan, criticized the proposal by saying there are too many people living in the Tiantongyuan area. They are afraid the subways will become overcrowded.