Home truths about your subway

In a bustling metropolis like Beijing, the subway plays an important role in everyday life. Like an old friend, it takes us to work, back home and to our many playgrounds. So when a series of humorous cartoons was released that interpreted the characteristics of seven Beijing Subway lines, they became the talk of the town. METRO talked to passengers about the capital's sprawling underground system and the lines they spend large chunks of their day riding.

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Bai Wenjing, 26, architect