If it is the first time for you to take Beijing Subway, this guidance book will tell you in detail how to take the subway train by using different kinds of marks inside the station.  

        

When you are on the move in the Beijing city and see the blue sign of subway with the words like“Beijing Subway”on it, you will know it means there is a subway station there（see picture 1）.  At the entrance or exit of each subway station, there is a blue sign overhead with the words of “subway”（see picture 2）and on either side of this sign, there is one plate. On one of the plates, there are the words of“Entrance number”（see picture 2） which is followed by the station name and the entrance number and on the other plate, there is a plate with the words “time of subway operation”（see picture 2） which is followed by the time of the first and last train passing through this station.

       

Then, there is a stair leading you into the subway station and when reach the ticket hall by going through the passage, you will see the sign of “selling and collecting ticket”in the hall（see picture 3）. Follow the arrow on the sign, you will reach the booking office to buy ticket（For the kind of ticket and its corresponding price, please refer to “Ticket Rules”in “Notices to Passengers”and “Subway Ticket”in “Guidance for Taking Subway Train” for reference）and then go onto the platform to wait for the train through ticket collecting door. Next, at the platform, you will be able to see the“Sign of Operational Direction”overhead（see picture 4）which carries the names of the next station for both directions. The “sign of operational direction”can also be found on the wall of either side（see picture 5）. On the columns on either side at either end of the platform, there are the signs of “Train’s Operational Information”（see picture 6）, on which the names of stations and the time of arrival in that direction are listed in sequence. On either end of the platform, there is a sign of “subway route map”（see picture 7）which shows the subway route map, the three-dimensional layout of this station, the map of the surrounding areas of the station and the location of W.C. at this station. When you need a transfer, you must find the station of transfer on your route on the sign of “Train’s Operational Information” according to the mark of transfer shown therein. Then you go to the station of transfer by train and follow the instructive mark （see picture 8,9）or broadcast to go to other layer to change the train. If you found any problem you cannot solve by yourself for change, please go to the service clerk at the platform for help.

        

When you get out from the platform, you can see the sign of “Exit Instruction”overhead at either end of the platform（see picture 10）and choose one exit according to the information concerning the exit and its surrounding buildings as shown on the sign. Then, you can enter the booking office through the stairs and make confirmation according to the sign of “Exit for different directions” （see picture 11）and you will not miss your destination.  

 

                        

 

Guiding information at exits/entrances of Line1..

Guiding information at     exits/entrances of Line2.

Guiding information at exits/entrances of Line13.