Evolution of the Beijing Subway 1971-2020 (animation)

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  • Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
  • This video shows the history of the Beijing Subway beginning with the opening of Line 1 to the Line 16 extension to Ganjia Kou.
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  • @user-zn2cb6mw6o
    @user-zn2cb6mw6o 3 роки тому +880

    It will be cool if you add a kilometer counter of all the metro

    • @chonglangtv8923
      @chonglangtv8923 3 роки тому +35

      @@PabloMartinez-do9uw That depends on how you define subway and metro, Beijing all city railway 700km, and within about 500km is underground. In Tokyo, Toei+Metro 400km, mostly underground, JR and other railway companies is much longer that that, but mostly on ground. So Beijing has as same size underground as Tokyo, but much much shorter in city railway. Tokyo railway system is more than 3000km long.

    • @chonglangtv8923
      @chonglangtv8923 3 роки тому +17

      @@PabloMartinez-do9uw And using population of Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Shibuya 3 stations combined is more than 10m per day, that’s larger than entire Beijing metro.

    • @yufengyan
      @yufengyan 3 роки тому

    • @taegeteyger4047
      @taegeteyger4047 3 роки тому +6

      @@chonglangtv8923 yeah but in 1991 beijing just got a short metro line.Compare with Japan,the speed of construction is very fast.The future is very clear that in some day, Beijing will develop a better metro network.

    • @tedho4694
      @tedho4694 3 роки тому +5

      @@PabloMartinez-do9uw In China most (more than 95%) railway system is only used for long distance(more than 100Km) trip ,in the past several years Beijing began to built its city railway system but only in the suburb area.In Japan railway system can used for short or long distance trip.Although they called railway system but they are two different things.

  • @user-zg9km6nh8m
    @user-zg9km6nh8m 3 роки тому +447

    Near-term plan:
    2021: Capital Airport Express extend to Beixinqiao 2km
    Line 8 North-south connection 4km
    Line 11 (Winter Olympics branch line ) 4km
    Line 14 East-West connection 6km
    Line 17 Phase One 17km
    Line 19 Phase One 16km
    S1 Line Jin'anqiao~Pingguoyuan 1.2km
    2022: Line 12 26km
    Line 16 Southern section 18km
    Line 17 Northern section 26km
    Daxing Airport Express extend to Lize Business District 3km
    Changping Line Phase Two 9km
    Line 1 Fushouling reopen 1.7km

    • @andy.8444
      @andy.8444 3 роки тому +57

      This is just unbelievable.... in 2 years. And meanwhile in Berlin 3 new stations opened in 2020 (should have been opened in 2017) and it seems to be such a big deal. 😂😭😭

    • @ArtStoneUS
      @ArtStoneUS 3 роки тому +33

      The New York City East Side Access tunnel is 2 miles long, 15 years in construction and has cost more than $10 billion so far

    • @fhs7838
      @fhs7838 3 роки тому +19

      @@andy.8444 No, that's mostly are postponed extensions from 2020 to 2021~2024+. The most ridiculous are line 3........ We still dont have a line 3, which scheduled to open in 2020 but only eastern part will be constructed and postponed to 2023. Line 3 was originally planed back in 1950s....

    • @connectingwings7212
      @connectingwings7212 3 роки тому +2

      @@andy.8444 and they won't build anymore in the near future due to the study published about the high carbon footprint of building metro systems..

    • @terryfang8087
      @terryfang8087 3 роки тому +7

      @@andy.8444 Sad to say but comparing to the new airport, subway construction delay is nothing :)

  • @orbitalpotato9940
    @orbitalpotato9940 3 роки тому +234

    Seriously, I go back to Beijing, China every couple of years to visit and there is always a new railway or metro line.

    • @user-so3pg4ob8t
      @user-so3pg4ob8t 3 роки тому +2

      But some deep stations have no escalators am I roight? Just blows my mind...guess Im just a spoiled metro user

    • @jchrisssinshs5058
      @jchrisssinshs5058 3 роки тому +34

      @@user-so3pg4ob8t I don't think so. All the stations in Beijing I've been to have escalators.

    • @shanqi9843
      @shanqi9843 3 роки тому +17

      @@user-so3pg4ob8t That's unlikely. Can you give any evidence for your statement?
      I am a resident of a second-tier city (Wuhan), here every subway station has elevators.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan_Metro
      The subway stations in the capital should be better than the ones here.

    • @user-so3pg4ob8t
      @user-so3pg4ob8t 3 роки тому +3

      @@shanqi9843 Welp, I thought so cuz I saw traval blogs (not the greatest source of info Ik) and guys there were going down the ladder and there seem to be no other way of going down so I just got kinda spooked (cuz I was going to study in China by myself actually) that every morning I'll have to walk these endless ladders to get where I want. But tbh it will be such a reliase if it's not true (I'm not fat or smth) maybe I even provide a link ua-cam.com/video/0cFdzhQyyQU/v-deo.html&ab_channel=varlamov 1:07 it's in russian but I guess you'll see what u need

    • @user-zs7tf3ld4l
      @user-zs7tf3ld4l 3 роки тому +5

      Take down China Community Party

  • @rsnoppo6655
    @rsnoppo6655 3 роки тому +64

    Beijing has a grid-like urban structure, and the subway system is built along this grid, so it looks very beautiful.

    • @UnKnown-mw6yw
      @UnKnown-mw6yw 3 роки тому +7

      Because of the urban layout of ancient Peking City.

  • @andy.8444
    @andy.8444 3 роки тому +461

    This amount of construction is unbelievable in such a short time! Please do more chinese cities like Shanghai or Guangzhou!

    • @zhangburnham7226
      @zhangburnham7226 3 роки тому +82

      Chengdu city you may not heard before,opened first metro line 1 in 2010,now it has 12 lines and over 500km

    • @FinlayEvans
      @FinlayEvans 3 роки тому +22

      Yesss Chengdu please

    • @GMDThread8
      @GMDThread8 3 роки тому +8

      Guangzhou is super slow hahahaha (Looking at you, Line 8 North Extension)

    • @user-gc2uf5ju7m
      @user-gc2uf5ju7m 3 роки тому +2

      八北上个月就开通了鸭

    • @GMDThread8
      @GMDThread8 3 роки тому +4

      @@user-gc2uf5ju7m 我是指8北修的慢

  • @handsomejustin
    @handsomejustin 3 роки тому +255

    Meanwhile the USA adds 1 bus stop sign in 10 years after spending millions of dollars planning it.

    • @Sammy58328
      @Sammy58328 3 роки тому +15

      Dad - Son, what did you do for living?
      Son - I am a Wumao
      Dad - What's that?
      Son - It's hard to define.

    • @MrYjgh
      @MrYjgh 3 роки тому +38

      @@Sammy58328 ameriFat mad his government is a piece of garbage

    • @coolspace2786
      @coolspace2786 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrYjgh so he joined the "storm trooper "

    • @orbitalpotato9940
      @orbitalpotato9940 3 роки тому +26

      @@Sammy58328 You can keep calling names but that won't change the truth.

    • @teraylemoore2613
      @teraylemoore2613 3 роки тому +2

      That's America for yo Ass

  • @user-pi2lq
    @user-pi2lq 3 роки тому +173

    Meanwhile Germany new airport is almost complete..

    • @enzhus
      @enzhus 3 роки тому +1

      I remember it's already in service recently, not?

    • @forgaoqiang
      @forgaoqiang 3 роки тому +6

      @Yingdong BU Is that true, congratulation to German

    • @canadianaviator
      @canadianaviator 3 роки тому

      What new airport? There’s no major airports that’s under complete construction

    • @enzhus
      @enzhus 3 роки тому +1

      @@canadianaviator Berlin airport

    • @canadianaviator
      @canadianaviator 3 роки тому

      @@enzhus it’s not under construction...

  • @zwang3909
    @zwang3909 3 роки тому +76

    I remember when I was a kid I was used to the fact that we only had 2 lines. My home was just 5min walk from the Yuquanlu station, built in the 70s. Then one day suddenly a “Line 13” came from nowhere, and in 5 years we had so many more lines. Pity that I have not taken all of them.

    • @OkimeOlvx
      @OkimeOlvx 3 роки тому +1

      Where do you live now?

    • @joeyinfinite8071
      @joeyinfinite8071 3 роки тому +4

      相信我.在北京住了十年,我很厌恶挤地铁的日子

    • @zhuofanzhang9974
      @zhuofanzhang9974 3 роки тому +3

      I took Line 1 once or twice back in the days when there were only 2 lines. It was exciting to a little kid. They have "revamped" some of the old Line 1 and 2 stations by adding rail guards (sliding doors) and connection tunnels to other lines, but I'm glad the aesthetics of those much-older stations haven't changed too much.

    • @zwang3909
      @zwang3909 3 роки тому +4

      @@OkimeOlvx I study in the US

    • @zwang3909
      @zwang3909 3 роки тому +3

      @@joeyinfinite8071 我一点都不厌恶,主要还是看活得有个没有盼头。我小时候挤地铁上下学肯定还是比较无忧无虑的,虽然书包重得要命而且前半个小时都特别挤,但是那时候真不累。

  • @shogun2heroicvictories15
    @shogun2heroicvictories15 3 роки тому +57

    Ok that was amazing, love how they just invested into public transport to prepare for the 2008 olympics, and than continued further expanding existing lines and joining them with new or old lines, making the city and its people more connected. Would be interested to see the effect it has had in air pollution improvements aswell, since it gives people an alternaltive.
    Also interesting to see the lines follow the road, not sure how deep it is. but will make rescue efforts simpler.

    • @LexLExistor
      @LexLExistor 2 роки тому

      Unfortunately, China's people purchased so many cars and the economy has grown so much that air pollution is pretty bad. It's more than offset the effect of the subway, but it's slowly getting better as the government cleans up the grid.

    • @shogun2heroicvictories15
      @shogun2heroicvictories15 2 роки тому +2

      @@LexLExistor That and the government has been helping in the push to Electric vehicles instead.

  • @blanco7726
    @blanco7726 3 роки тому +64

    LOL when I watched your other videos, someone was saying how NYC and London metro are super complicated and it made me think that the newer built Chinese metros must be way simpler. Long story short, I ended up studying the Beijing metro for a good hour. Now you’re making a video about its extensions. Nice coincidence!

    • @PatheticTV
      @PatheticTV 3 роки тому +2

      Hong Kong MTR is the worlds best and the model for the vast majority of Chinese systems.

    • @BadassLapin
      @BadassLapin 3 роки тому +25

      @@PatheticTV sorry but..It's NO and NO. The Hongkongese MTR itself is a replica of the Japanese JR system and it is Not the model for most of the CHinese systems. The hongkonese follows a textbook TOD model with real estate developments expend following the newly opened metro lines - as a result you can expect transportation-commerce-residential super complex at each station and the investment for the metro will be recovered from the property development. It's not the model for China at all if you could do some little research.

    • @flx4305
      @flx4305 3 роки тому +1

      @@BadassLapin It's clearly not a replica of the japanese system. It may have some inspiration there and there but overall it's a very different.

    • @feng443
      @feng443 3 роки тому +8

      @@PatheticTV The way Hong Kong street are organized, population density is very different from most Chinese cities. Chinese cities mostly are not more spreaded with lower population density. Also many cities haave many sub-centers and multiple train stations. Hong Kong style is fewer lines but more capacity per train. Most Chinese cities need variety of combinations to serve not jus core city but vast suburbs and satellite towns.

    • @BlackGateofMordor
      @BlackGateofMordor 3 роки тому +8

      @@flx4305 It's a pretty clear copy of JR's handbook though, he's right. Both companies are basically an intricate system of shopping centres and residential skyscrapers with train lines attached, and happen to be the only profitable systems in the world because of it.

  • @RipCityBassWorks
    @RipCityBassWorks 3 роки тому +67

    This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels.

  • @TRDInfo
    @TRDInfo 3 роки тому +114

    In 5 years they build more lines than Buenos Aires in 110 😲

    • @ricardolavayen5672
      @ricardolavayen5672 3 роки тому +4

      Oye bro, xD que haces aki jaja soy tu suscritor pa

    • @TRDInfo
      @TRDInfo 3 роки тому +5

      @@ricardolavayen5672 si pudiese hacerlo aquí, te diera corazón 😌👏

    • @ricardolavayen5672
      @ricardolavayen5672 3 роки тому +1

      @@TRDInfo UwU

    • @Fortnitefan69
      @Fortnitefan69 3 роки тому +2

      Así que tu también pasas por aquí eh?

    • @matienlaciudad
      @matienlaciudad 3 роки тому +2

      No me lo recuerdes que lloro...

  • @fengchang4788
    @fengchang4788 3 роки тому +35

    Amazing video, right now China already has 44 cities with subway, and the top four metro system are all in China according to the milage: Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Chengdu. When I watched your first video about New York, I thought you should do a video for Chinese city like this, then I found you just uploaded this video four hours before, thank you so much for you great effort.

    • @andy.8444
      @andy.8444 3 роки тому +4

      中国发展太快了。大部分西方国家的公共交通停滞不前。

    • @mjz5853
      @mjz5853 3 роки тому +3

      @@andy.8444 也不能这么说,人家就是因为发展的早所以现在一堆烂摊子也不好动手

    • @feng443
      @feng443 3 роки тому

      New York still have longer track because many lines are duel or even four tracks to enable running local express and local trains. Also commuter rails are not included. All Chinese subways are either local or express not both.

  • @GM6701
    @GM6701 3 роки тому +173

    Good work! It comes to my surprise that the metro network expansion in Chinese cities is staggeringly fast. It just happened in a few years.

    • @SirValiantKnight
      @SirValiantKnight 3 роки тому +26

      yes, china is catching up after being super undeveloped for decades.

    • @andy.8444
      @andy.8444 3 роки тому +16

      I hope they won‘t stop building when they reach status of developed countries. Wonder what the subway will look like in 2050..

    • @redditstop1653
      @redditstop1653 3 роки тому +4

      @@andy.8444 I wish they slow down for the safety of the people. These subways are built very cheaply and have a risk of collapsing

    • @user-jw7ls4el3m
      @user-jw7ls4el3m 3 роки тому +1

      keep living in your imagination

    • @rexco2700
      @rexco2700 3 роки тому +18

      @@redditstop1653 🤣🤣🤣 you must be joking.

  • @mrmoomooface1662
    @mrmoomooface1662 3 роки тому +80

    You should do an April fools episode on the Glasgow Subway, it would be 5 seconds long XD
    EDIT: Hey he actually did it!

  • @ilhajugun
    @ilhajugun 3 роки тому +25

    The first line of my hometown- Shenyang has been opened since 2010 when I was just 10, and there have been 4 running lines today. By their names Line 1 2 9 and 10, we can see how many lines have been planned to build in this city. Although the city does not rank high in the country, it is actually home to more than 8 million people. We really need more metro lines🥰

    • @andesiliu7767
      @andesiliu7767 3 роки тому +5

      等沈阳被列为国家中心城市再说吧!东北需要国家级中心城市,东北需要大发展,沈阳得到这个地位理所当然

  • @bolivia_ihatethisyoutubeupdate
    @bolivia_ihatethisyoutubeupdate 3 роки тому +178

    Judging by the logo, the next one is Paris or Moscow.

  • @catsilly819
    @catsilly819 3 роки тому +8

    I moved to Xizhimen (the terminal of line13 )with my mom in 2004 🙈I have experienced the big growth of the 2008 Olympic and have taken all those new lines, but I still feel I am still can't forget the excitement of riding the subway for the first time when there were only 4 lines(Although back then I often confused the subway with the train😅)thank you for making this👍👍

  • @freedomofwisespeech7406
    @freedomofwisespeech7406 3 роки тому

    I am glad I found your channel. Love what you are doing.

  • @chunbiaoxie9844
    @chunbiaoxie9844 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you for all of the awsome
    videos you have made so far.
    Keep it up! 👍👍

  • @william97able2
    @william97able2 3 роки тому +3

    Can’t wait for Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Singapore lines soon!!! 🤤☺️☺️☺️🙏 This channel has lots of potential!

  • @szalailaci3722
    @szalailaci3722 3 роки тому +3

    Really good map. I like that it shows the street map as first layer, so it's very close to reality. You're better than Wikipedia. I subscribed because I don't wanna miss Shanghai, Seoul, Osaka, Budapest, Bucharest and Amsterdam.

  • @toinelive
    @toinelive 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing work! Thank you! Good luck for Tokyo, looking forward 😊

  • @Birdsfly11
    @Birdsfly11 3 роки тому +2

    Visited and rode those subway lines back in 07 three times and once in 13. Unbelievable how fast they get the job done. Thanks for the vid!

  • @kevinlaw6191
    @kevinlaw6191 3 роки тому +3

    Great work. For future videos it will be nice to have the KM of each new section or line plus the cumulative KM. Just a suggestion.

  • @alanakimitsu1176
    @alanakimitsu1176 3 роки тому +8

    extra notes about stations that did not open with the opening of the line or the line extension:
    2:04 (line 15 wangjing west to houshayu)
    along this route, wangjing east station did not open until december 31st 2016 (6 years later) due to surrounding area construction problems.
    2:55 (when line 8 extended south from beitucheng to guloudajie)
    andelibeijie station did not open until december 26th 2015 (3 years later) due to unfinished construction of the station.
    3:00 (when the 2nd phase of line 10 opened)
    jiaomen east station did not open until may 5th 2013 (6 months later) due to unfinished construction of the station.
    3:05 (when line 9 extended north to national library)
    military museum station did not open and able to transfer to line 1 until december 21st 2013 (about 1 year and 4 months later) due to unfinished interchange channel.
    3:23 (when the western phase of line 14 opened)
    qilizhuang station did not open until february 15th 2014 (about 7 months later) due to unfinished construction of the station.
    3:33 (when line 15 extended west to qinghuadongluxikou)
    datunlu east station did not open until december 26th 2015 (1 year later) due to unfinished interchange channel.
    3:39 (when line 6 extended east to lucheng)
    tongyunmen (not opened yet, will open in 2022) and beiyunhe east station (opened on december 30th 2018, 4 years later) did not open due to surrounding area problems.
    3:44 (when the first phase of 14 east opened)
    gaojiayuan (not opened yet, will open in 2023) and chaoyang park station (opened on december 31st 2016, 2 years later) did not open due to unfinished construction.
    3:50 (when first phase of line 7 opened)
    shuangjing station did not open until december 28th 2019 (5 years later) due to incomplete station platform and interchange channel.
    4:01 (when line 14 east extended to beijing south railway station)
    pingleyuan (opened on december 30th 2017, 2 years later) and taoranqiao station (not opened yet, opening time unknown) did not open due to unfinished construction of the station.
    4:07 (when line 16 opened from xiyuan to beianhe)
    nongdananlu station did not open until december 30th 2017 (1 year later) due to unfinished construction of the station.
    4:39 (when the southern portion of line 8 opened)
    dahongmen station (not opened yet, will open in 2023) did not open due to unfinished interchange channel.
    4:50 (when line 6 extended west to jinanqiao)
    pingguoyuan station did not open due to incomplete interchange channel. this station is currently closed for renovation and will reopen in 2022. after the station reopens pingguoyuan will be able to transfer line 1, 6 and S1. also there is a transportation hub terminal in construction near pingguoyuan, the hub will open with the reopening of the station and will service the 2022 winter olympics.
    5:03 (batong line extends south and line 7 extends east)
    universal resort station (for both lines after huazhuang) will open when the beijing universal studios opens in may 2021.
    5:22 (when line 16 extends south to ganjiakou)
    suzhoujie did not open due to the platforms on line 10 are too narrow to "plug in" the transfer to line 16, the station needs to be renovated and the platforms needs to be widened. suzhoujie on line 16 is currently planned to open in 2022.
    erligou station did not open due to surrounding construction around the station. erligou is currently planned to open when the 3rd phase of line 16 opens (from ganjiakou to wanpingcheng)

    • @jeonderland
      @jeonderland Рік тому

      qinghua donglu xikou station is not a transfer for line 13 as well

  • @alexgruchet5512
    @alexgruchet5512 3 роки тому

    Yes you uploaded again, I’m always looking forward to your videos

  • @a_paris3082
    @a_paris3082 3 роки тому +1

    Great video! Can’t wait for the next one

  • @TSUKAKin
    @TSUKAKin 3 роки тому +12

    2007年からの路線開通・延伸が凄いですね

    • @ilhajugun
      @ilhajugun 3 роки тому +2

      北京の軌道交通は日本の東京ほど便利しないと思います。私たち努力しなければならぬ

  • @gonzoh5967
    @gonzoh5967 3 роки тому +8

    very cool love your work

  • @derek1213
    @derek1213 2 роки тому +1

    Beautifully made video. Line 1 was my childhood

  • @slowdownnb
    @slowdownnb 3 роки тому

    Great videos! Very satisfying to watch!

  • @PhilliesNostalgia
    @PhilliesNostalgia 2 роки тому +5

    That’s a lot of openings and extensions in December. I guess they like to break out the Christmas cheer by extending and opening a new metro line

    • @legendbao3027
      @legendbao3027 2 роки тому +2

      In fact, a lot of openings is on December 31st, which is the New Year's Eve. This usually used to celebrate the new year.

    • @PhilliesNostalgia
      @PhilliesNostalgia 2 роки тому +2

      @@legendbao3027 Impeccable timing. I wonder how far in advance it’s done, and then the metro officials are like, Welp, ain’t New Years

  • @rain5379
    @rain5379 3 роки тому +5

    I still remember 2013, we I first went to middle school, the military museum station was still not opened. The memories are so far away, and the city just become more and more gorgeous, but also more and more unfamiliar.

    • @user-ud1dk1im8u
      @user-ud1dk1im8u 2 роки тому +1

      说得漂亮,16年离开北京了,越来越排外了

  • @historykcheminski8428
    @historykcheminski8428 3 роки тому

    Wow, it's amazing what you are doing!

  • @copilotconrad
    @copilotconrad 3 роки тому

    Omg this is amazing, well done

  • @stp8614
    @stp8614 3 роки тому +7

    Other Great systems to show might be Paris, Moscow, Berlin, Madrid, Tokyo, and although these are smaller: Milan and Montreal. Cool vid!

  • @cheekibreekidude2008
    @cheekibreekidude2008 3 роки тому +80

    Meanwhile in NYC: *Takes forever to build the second avenue subway*

    • @cheekibreekidude2008
      @cheekibreekidude2008 3 роки тому

      @United Shame of America Yeah it sucks :(

    • @pjacobsen1000
      @pjacobsen1000 3 роки тому +9

      Two reasons: 1) In developed/rich countries it is infinitely more expensive to build infrastructure. 2) In developed/rich countries residents have more tender dispositions and we will generally not accept noise, dust and inconvenience, so construction is severely constricted.
      I'm from Denmark, and it's not much different from NYC in that respect. However, I have lived in Shanghai for many years, 4 of which were 24/7 construction of two subway stations/lines right below my apartment window. Yes, it sucked, but I got two lines out of it 4 years later.

    • @keiming2277
      @keiming2277 3 роки тому +1

      Can US workers accept $500-$800 USD for a month to build or renew the metro?
      Chinese workers are more than happy to take that kind of money

    • @GilangAdityaa
      @GilangAdityaa 3 роки тому +2

      Indonesia: haha amateur, in indonesia we just have 1 subway line

    • @cheekibreekidude2008
      @cheekibreekidude2008 3 роки тому +1

      @@pjacobsen1000 Look,I get it.But it shouln't take 50 years go build just 3 measley stations.

  • @matthewjames6587
    @matthewjames6587 3 роки тому +1

    your videos are awesome!! please make more

  • @Conellossus
    @Conellossus 3 роки тому +2

    Love your videos! Please do Chicago or Berlin next!

  • @benlawrence309
    @benlawrence309 3 роки тому +4

    Another fantastic and interesting video, can your next video be on the Paris Metro?

  • @JC_Cali
    @JC_Cali 3 роки тому +10

    Everytime a line connected to another line or closed a loop - I felt that 😩

  • @papertxrtle
    @papertxrtle 3 роки тому +3

    These are so cool! Please keep making these videos!!!

  • @simfonik6725
    @simfonik6725 3 роки тому +1

    amazing!!! your content is so well detailed! i just subbed a few days ago with your other videos. i hope one day you can make a video about barcelona. 😁

  • @jimsquire-chestnuts8381
    @jimsquire-chestnuts8381 3 роки тому +7

    Really love my city... So interesting how late line 6 came in, I can't imagine the city without it.

  • @euroschmau
    @euroschmau 3 роки тому +4

    I rode on Line 13 the weekend it opened (last weekend in September 2002), caught it at Wudaokou and rode it to/from Xizhimen. Used it pretty frequently while I was studying at Beida that autumn.

  • @ChristopherRucinski
    @ChristopherRucinski 3 роки тому +2

    Loved watching the Beijing lines. Was so happy to see what it was like when I visited in late 2012. Try doing Seoul's subway system. They have so many plans for the future!

  • @lionel730
    @lionel730 3 роки тому

    Wow. You made me happy, when I see the little dot next to the channel logo. :)

  • @delegendy1627
    @delegendy1627 3 роки тому +8

    When I was a child I grew up in Beijing riding Line 13 almost every day

    • @xsu-is7vq
      @xsu-is7vq 3 роки тому +1

      When I was a child growing up in Beijing, I always wondered when can we have more than two lines. LOL

    • @mkx9494
      @mkx9494 2 роки тому +1

      line 13 is literal BEST it's fully above ground so you can ride see view of city's north

  • @zhuofanzhang9974
    @zhuofanzhang9974 3 роки тому +13

    Here's a piece of trivia: Beijing never had a metro No. 3. After line 1 and 2's construction, the next in *line* (get it?) was No. 13. There are webpages that indicate No.3 might still be planned for the future as a line parallel with No.1, yet it still hasn't appeared.
    I hope they connect No.14 soon. Same applies to No.8.

    • @coopera1427
      @coopera1427 3 роки тому +5

      北京地铁3号线正在修建中,2023年开通

    • @user-lc2nj2cn8d
      @user-lc2nj2cn8d 2 роки тому +1

      Under construction, will open in 2023

    • @jeonderland
      @jeonderland 2 роки тому +1

      Line 3 will open in 2023 running from Dongsishitiao to Caogezhuang North

    • @2003LN6
      @2003LN6 4 місяці тому

      Now in 2024, don't see Line 3 yet (probably will open later this year)

  • @Fm_1055
    @Fm_1055 3 роки тому

    Yay you've uploaded again!

  • @surbin5
    @surbin5 3 роки тому

    Amazing Work!

  • @Parisqiansen
    @Parisqiansen 3 роки тому +5

    They got MULTIPLE expansions in EVERY SINGLE YEAR!! It takes us multiple years to complete a single line here!

    • @UnKnown-mw6yw
      @UnKnown-mw6yw 3 роки тому +1

      but the ecpansions are not always long. for example the lines opened in 2020: Line 16 (middle part, 10km) and Line FS (North extension, 5km). And the Line T1 is a Tram Line - not a metro line

  • @TheCriminalViolin
    @TheCriminalViolin 3 роки тому +8

    They need to have a loop system too, that forms ring lines radiating outwards towards the suburbs which they have lines already going to linearly.

    • @terryfang8087
      @terryfang8087 3 роки тому +10

      We have two loop in the inner city, line 2 and line 10. For the suburban area, the task is fullfilled by national train system (the S-XX lines), which is not plotted here

    • @TenOrbital
      @TenOrbital 3 роки тому +2

      There’s multiple orbital lines. Two complete rings and many arcs.

    • @yaqiwang5242
      @yaqiwang5242 3 роки тому +2

      The loops are centered almost with forbidden city. But Beijing north is much more developed probably due to the universities in that area. Correct me if I am wrong since I have not been in Beijing for a long time.

  • @Daniel-vj2dk
    @Daniel-vj2dk 3 роки тому +1

    I love your videos! Please do cities like Tokyo, Seoul or Singapore!

  • @tedchen4837
    @tedchen4837 3 роки тому

    Great video! Looking forward to see the video of Shanghai metro

  • @lyx124
    @lyx124 3 роки тому +22

    As a Beijinger I don't even notice the update cuz,everything happens so fast😂

    • @brclnafc456
      @brclnafc456 3 роки тому +1

      Beijinger..., that's a cool name....

    • @elohime
      @elohime 3 роки тому +1

      Beijinger... emm....

  • @user-qu5je6cm9j
    @user-qu5je6cm9j 3 роки тому +4

    北京に行ったことがあります。とても美しい都市です

  • @kefinjanitra1880
    @kefinjanitra1880 3 роки тому

    Wow amazing video!

  • @jonathaneby1440
    @jonathaneby1440 3 роки тому +1

    Love these. Do Los Angeles next!

  • @hughmungusbungusfungus4618
    @hughmungusbungusfungus4618 3 роки тому +41

    Do Tokyo next. Their metro system is huge and just keeps expanding

    • @lenmediastudio
      @lenmediastudio 3 роки тому +8

      Tokyo has more than one company running the metro system (Tokyo Metro & Toei Subway), so that would be interesting to see.

    • @hughmungusbungusfungus4618
      @hughmungusbungusfungus4618 3 роки тому +3

      @@lenmediastudio you've also got Tokyu, Odakyu, Keio, Seibu, Tobu, Rinkai, and a few others. It's actually pretty amazing how many different companies operate out here

    • @hughmungusbungusfungus4618
      @hughmungusbungusfungus4618 3 роки тому +2

      @@lenmediastudio and, I would like to point out that the boundaries of Tokyo are actually a lot wider than people first assume. You've got the prefecture but a lot of the lines extend out to Omiya or Yokohama or Chiba as well so they're usually included in Tokyo too. And then you've got the shared lines. For example, the Keio line goes underground right before Shinjuku station and then the trains run on the TOEI Shinjuku line after that point.

    • @estepen4181
      @estepen4181 3 роки тому

      @@hughmungusbungusfungus4618 That's true. Like any other urban areas, Tokyo also has a greater metropolitan area which is far wider than the city itself.

    • @user-zs7tf3ld4l
      @user-zs7tf3ld4l 3 роки тому +1

      Take down China government

  • @vikarna
    @vikarna 3 роки тому +4

    As the subway system in Beijing gradually improves, it is really convenient and cheap to access to anywhere. Though it is always crowded.

  • @christianzhouzheng
    @christianzhouzheng 3 роки тому +1

    Love your videos, keep up the great work! Could you do Paris or Moscow or maybe Shanghai next?

  • @andreyserebryakov2231
    @andreyserebryakov2231 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely great and unique! Lots of squares

  • @enzhus
    @enzhus 3 роки тому +19

    Chengdu! It just added 5 lines about 160km into service on December 18, 2020.

    • @Frog577
      @Frog577 3 роки тому +4

      last year i was at chengdu for 6 months.
      it is such a beautiful city also people are really big hearted.
      will visit with my family once this corona mess is over.

    • @yunhanliao3732
      @yunhanliao3732 3 роки тому +1

      @@Frog577 welcome:)

    • @using164
      @using164 3 роки тому

      More than 500km !just 10 years !amazing

  • @stevieinselby
    @stevieinselby 3 роки тому +3

    Apart from the fact that it's incredible how quickly they have expanded the metro over the last few years, one thing that strikes me that is very different from London, Paris etc is how many lines _don't_ seem to go into the centre. Is that because it is a more decentralised city and so there isn't such intense pressure on transport to/from one small central hub, or do passengers just accept that they might need to change more often?

    • @andredingstertsao
      @andredingstertsao 3 роки тому +6

      Beijing is a bit different mainly due to its old urban design that is what the Chinese call Chess-board city. The city centers are mostly either horizontals or verticals hence it is a bit difficult to design metro lines as it would be more efficient to go diagonally. But it is also true that the city has become more multi-centrered that people do not necessarily have to travel to the city center. But this is unique to Beijing. If you look at Shanghai metro map, it is basically still what you would recognise as people going through city centres.

    • @zebraimage
      @zebraimage 3 роки тому +2

      The city center is occupied by the gigantic Forbidden City, and government simply doesn't allow subways go under it.

  • @MCBlackCZ
    @MCBlackCZ 3 роки тому +1

    I love your channel!! :)
    Please, if you have a short amount of time, could you maybe do a video on Prague subway? :) We don't have that much but I would love to see the short evolution! :) (the video will have like 20 seconds lol)

  • @tinyseer7772
    @tinyseer7772 3 роки тому +1

    多谢你的展示

  • @marcinkaminski7600
    @marcinkaminski7600 3 роки тому +34

    Beijing: opens new metro line every year.
    Warsaw: hold my beer

    • @jiajunxiao6964
      @jiajunxiao6964 3 роки тому +9

      You need to know that there are more than 10 Chinese cities opening new line every year :)

    • @hudrobin1671
      @hudrobin1671 3 роки тому +2

      you means Warsaw open new line every year also?

    • @marcinkaminski7600
      @marcinkaminski7600 3 роки тому +3

      @@hudrobin1671 It means that Warsaw built one line for 40 years. Now we still have one (and a half of second line).

    • @wix5965
      @wix5965 3 роки тому

      @@jiajunxiao6964 60 cities, not 10 cities

    • @vinwin8155
      @vinwin8155 3 роки тому

      @@wix5965 40 Citys.

  • @FusionZenFlame
    @FusionZenFlame 3 роки тому +15

    I want to see Guangzhou or Hong Kong subways in the future

  • @GyacoYu
    @GyacoYu 3 роки тому +1

    You know Dec. 29 will always be a best day to make a video about Beijing Subway, because most likely it will have a shelf life of almost a whole year.

  • @tanmoyroy706
    @tanmoyroy706 3 роки тому

    Brilliant job

  • @phoenixxam5812
    @phoenixxam5812 3 роки тому +5

    We need to do Paris this time! No rush tho!

  • @84blad
    @84blad 3 роки тому +4

    Do one for Shanghai^^

  • @tototransports
    @tototransports 3 роки тому +2

    Amazing 🤩
    Waiting for Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai

  • @yrret1996
    @yrret1996 3 роки тому

    Dude I feel like your channel will blow up, leaving a comment here first

  • @bolivia_ihatethisyoutubeupdate
    @bolivia_ihatethisyoutubeupdate 3 роки тому +44

    Buenos Aires, Moscow, Madrid, Berlin and Paris pls

    • @ricardolavayen5672
      @ricardolavayen5672 3 роки тому

      Y Bolivia

    • @poznanskiszybkowiec_official
      @poznanskiszybkowiec_official 3 роки тому +2

      Buenos Aires Metro is Known For It's 80 Years Old Rolling Stock From Germany, also it's Known for 2nd Hand Rolling Stock From Tokyo Metro (Before 2004 Known as Teito Rapid Transit Authority), Like The 500 Series From Marunouchi Line Replaced in the '90s, or From Transport Bureau Of Nagoya, and the Chopper Controlled 5000 Series from 1980

    • @GyacoYu
      @GyacoYu 3 роки тому +1

      And La Paz Mi Teleferico

    • @ricardolavayen5672
      @ricardolavayen5672 3 роки тому

      @@GyacoYu si

    • @carlosrodriguezpalleres8204
      @carlosrodriguezpalleres8204 3 роки тому

      Santiago de Chile could work too!

  • @Jekoo63
    @Jekoo63 3 роки тому +18

    Lol how fast they are. Meanwhile here in Germany we're waiting since 1980 for an extension of the U7 in Frankfurt 😂

    • @versaleyang
      @versaleyang 3 роки тому +7

      Democratic bureaucracy really slows down progress and development, everything needs to be agreed upon by multiple parties and approved through countless offices before anything can be put into motion. By the time it's finally a done deal, the plan is already outdated.

  • @unlapras9365
    @unlapras9365 3 роки тому +1

    I love your job ! Could you do Paris's métro and RER next time ?

  • @alexkokcharov7689
    @alexkokcharov7689 3 роки тому +2

    Great! Please do Moscow, Berlin and Paris next!

  • @francesclapau
    @francesclapau 3 роки тому +27

    That’s crazy how fast they build underground and train systems in China ! We should take example in Europe 🤓

    • @spartashot
      @spartashot 3 роки тому +4

      i don't think so, i live in Germany for five years. The size of city in Europe and china is not comparable. And i noticed that most Europe cities already has fully covered train system, i don't think your country need to spend more money to do so. What we did just to catch up, we fall behind about a century after all

  • @bumb.wingman
    @bumb.wingman 3 роки тому +22

    Tokyo metro could be simple to a japanese, But for foreigners, Its a mess.

    • @romnorwalker0905
      @romnorwalker0905 3 роки тому +1

      I'm not a metro user,but in Tokyo I get used with it very quickly.I find it really easy to use and of course like it.

    • @MAG320
      @MAG320 3 роки тому +1

      You never met new york city then.

    • @Richard-dd3mm
      @Richard-dd3mm 3 роки тому +4

      For Chinese who can read a little bit Japanese chinese characters, it shouldn’t be that much a problem

    • @bumb.wingman
      @bumb.wingman 3 роки тому

      Not only tokyo metro, Theres JR east, Tokyu, Keisei, Tobu, Keio and oedo line

    • @bruhz_089
      @bruhz_089 3 роки тому

      @@MAG320 you haven’t met Tokyo then

  • @ecowanderer6099
    @ecowanderer6099 3 роки тому +1

    Could you do Delhi Metro as well please? Love the vids btw. 👍👍

  • @guanhuawu8138
    @guanhuawu8138 3 роки тому

    nice video!!!need to see Shanghai,Guangzhou,Shenzhen,Paris,Berlin,and every cities with metro

  • @6h7ty19
    @6h7ty19 3 роки тому +3

    2:22 亦庄线,should be "Yizhuang Line"

  • @hithoithot
    @hithoithot 3 роки тому +5

    Can you make the following cities too?
    Paris Moscow Seoul Tokyo Berlin (cities with many metro lines

  • @nathanaelsliferecords6850
    @nathanaelsliferecords6850 3 роки тому

    Nice man!

  • @TerraStudioRussia
    @TerraStudioRussia 3 роки тому

    It's so beautiful!

  • @hewiweng99
    @hewiweng99 3 роки тому +27

    They started mass building after the olympics.

    • @EPsuperFan
      @EPsuperFan 3 роки тому

      Which coincided with the bailout fund by which so many Wall Street investment funds were indirectly saved from certain collapse.

  • @secondlayer7898
    @secondlayer7898 3 роки тому +3

    I would want to see the same with Tokyo

  • @thatboiartur8750
    @thatboiartur8750 3 роки тому

    Please do Moscow next! I love your channel!

  • @FusionZenFlame
    @FusionZenFlame 3 роки тому +1

    Just saying you have gained subscribers really quick off these videos! I was the 7th subscriber to your channel and I hope you can get to 5k subscribers soon!

  • @KannaMetro
    @KannaMetro 3 роки тому +12

    I'd like to help make history on the Seoul subway.
    I made a map of the Seoul subway station and I want to help you with the production

  • @MKHunited
    @MKHunited 3 роки тому +8

    My city took 14 years to make 7 station line across the city and these guys made a 350 station metro network in the meantime.......

    • @rtgtx
      @rtgtx 3 роки тому +2

      At least your city made it. In many cities, two decades everything is still on paper.

  • @arsx4948
    @arsx4948 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing that Beijing metro only started growing in 2000 and accelerated the network around 2010 and now it is quite comprehensive. Many other cities around the world take forever for just one line.

  • @javiervillegas8483
    @javiervillegas8483 3 роки тому

    excellent video, you should take the video of the Madrid metro, greetings 😁

  • @yakan485
    @yakan485 3 роки тому +7

    I would like Tokyo Metro too!
    From the Japanese who translated Google.

    • @lee4930
      @lee4930 3 роки тому +2

      the greatest metro in the world👍

    • @sagnost
      @sagnost 3 роки тому +1

      yes

    • @user-zp3tp4in7e
      @user-zp3tp4in7e 3 роки тому +1

      东京都的电车系统真的恐怖,里程快3000公里了,好像第二名都没过1000公里

  • @ayush2977
    @ayush2977 3 роки тому +3

    Beijing- The city with most straight metro lines !

    • @DROniguolaia
      @DROniguolaia 2 роки тому +1

      I think the Beijing subway is the neatest subway in the world. If there are only lines 1, 2, 5, and 10 in Beijing, you will see that their routes are very straight and very neat. Other routes are based on these, extending the Beijing metro network.

  • @supykun
    @supykun 3 роки тому +2

    Do one for Seoul! It would fit well with this sort of animation.

  • @riodcosta9522
    @riodcosta9522 3 роки тому +1

    Berlin please. Keep up the great work