Photo taken on Sept. 21, 2009 shows the platform of Yuanmingyuan Park station on Subway Line 4 in Beijng, capital of China. Construction of the 28.2-kilometer-long Subway Line 4 entered the test phase recently. It will start trial operation before China's National Day on Oct. 1st. (Xinhua)
BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Beijing is to open a new subway line ahead of Oct. 1, the National Day of the People's Republic of China, said the city's transport authorities.
The No. 4 subway line, which runs through the heart of the city from south to north, is 28.2 km long with 24 stations. It is expected to handle more than 400,000 passengers a day.
Media have reported the new line would be put into use on Sept.25 or 28, but a spokesman with the Beijing Municipal Committee of Transport told Xinhua Tuesday the final date was yet to be decided.
Currently, Beijing has eight subway lines covering 200 kilometers.
