Beijing Bus

Beijing Public Bus
Beijing Bus 1 on Chang'an Avenue at Tiananmen Square. The vehicle is produced by Zhuhai Guangtong Automobile.
ParentBeijing Public Transport Holdings, Ltd. ("BPT")
Beijing Xianglong Bus Co., Ltd. ("Yuntong")
Founded1947 (BPT)
1999 (Yuntong)[1]
HeadquartersBeijing
LocaleBeijing Municipality
Service areaBeijing
Service typelocal, express, bus rapid transit, shuttle, night
Routes1020 (BPT)[2]
32 (Yuntong)[1]
Fleet29,515 (BPT)[2]
1,413 (Yuntong)[1]
Daily ridership9,635,600 (BPT daily avg.)[2]
684,931 (Yuntong daily avg.)[1]
Fuel typetrolleybus, diesel, diesel-electric hybrid, CNG, hydrogen
WebsiteBPT, Yuntong
Headquarters of Beijing Public Transport, the major bus company in Beijing

Public bus service in Beijing is among the most extensive, widely used and affordable form of public transportation in urban and suburban districts of the city. In 2015, the entire network consisted of 876 routes with a fleet of 24,347 buses and trolleybuses carried 3.98 billion passengers annually.[3] Trolleybuses run on over 31 routes including 6, 38, 42, 65, 101-112, 114-118, 124, 128, 301, BRT 1-3.[4][5] Many of these trolleybus routes are located inside the Third Ring Road but some, such as 301 and BRT 1-3, do extend as far out as the Fifth Ring Road. Since 2013, In an effort to reduce urban air pollution, Beijing has been converting regular bus routes to trolleybus routes by installing overhead power lines on several corridors.[6] Public bus service in the city began in 1921. Today there are two operators. The city's primary public bus operator, the state-owned Beijing Public Transport Holdings, Ltd. operates the Bus Service.[7]

The bus fare begins at RMB(¥)2.00 and are subject to a 50 percent discount when purchased with the mass transit IC card, Yikatong, using the QR-code of Alipay and the official app of the Beijing Public Transport or the transit card from Apple's Wallet, which effectively lowers the cost all buses to ¥1.00.

Beijing Airport Buses provide separate service to the city's two airports.

  1. ^ a b c d (Chinese) Beijing Xianglong Bus Co., Ltd.
  2. ^ a b c (Chinese) 集团简介 2013
  3. ^ 北京市统计局 国家统计局北京调查总队 (2016-02-15). "北京市2015年暨"十二五"时期国民经济和社会发展统计公报". Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  4. ^ "北京多措并举治理PM2.5 一微克一微克往下抠-新华网". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  5. ^ (Chinese) 116路10月31日实施"油改电" bjbus.com Archived December 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine 2014-10-29
  6. ^ ""大辫子"公交重新火起来" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  7. ^ "2014 Social Responsibility Report CSR Report" [2014 社会责任报告 CSR Report] (PDF). 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2024.