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  • By Sally_chen on February 24, 2004
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  • Public bus - Beijing
    by Sally_chen
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    If you want to go to some tourist site around Beijing by bus , it's easy! Logo on www.bjbus.com , click "english" , you can find how to go to various parts of great wall and other sites out of Beijing , also the ticket price is listed . This service is run by Beijing municipal government, it's safe and reliable! The site is quite clear, take the hot line number, ask the hotel staff to help you if you need information .

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  • By mke1963 on January 30, 2005
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  • Beijing buses cover every part of the city, but it can be difficult to get information about routes. The Beijing public transport authority has a web site with information in English and a %L{http://www.bjbus.com/map_e/mappage.asp]'zoomable' map to help you find your way around. As a little snippet of information, the BPTC has almost 18,000 buses. If you parked them end to end, they would stretch for 216km .

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    Public bus: Great Wall and the Ming Tombs
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  • By herzog63 on September 24, 2003
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  • Bus ticket to Great Wall and Ming Tombs - Beijing
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    by herzog63
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    I got up early around 6:30 am to get my butt to Qianman Square to find a bus that was going to the Great Wall at Badaling and the Ming Tombs. I had been told that the buses leave about 7:30 am so I got there early to ensure I could get a seat. There was a guy there (tout) that spoke a little English and I told him where I wanted to go and he directed me to the correct booth. My ticket to the Wall and the Ming Tombs cost 6 RMB (US$1.20) That didn't include admission to the sites the 6 RMB was just for the bus. Very Cheap!! This was on a Chinese Tour bus and there was actually a person on the bus telling about what we were seeing through a loudspeaker! (Lucky for me, I had the back seat!!) but unfortuantly I didn't understand a word of it!! It was great as there were a couple of people on the bus that spoke a little English and they were trying to be helpful and explain but it didn't really matter to me. I was enjoying the sights! It was very,very cold on the day that I chose to go!! One of the bad things about taking this sort of transportation is the time allowed at the sights! I only had about an hour at the Ming Tombs which was plenty for me. And we had 80 minutes at the Great Wall which was kind of short for me. I couldn't see much at the Great Wall anyways as the Fog was so thick!!

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    Public bus: Wonderful adventure to get to the Summer Palace!
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  • By herzog63 on September 24, 2003
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  • Summer Palace - Beijing
    Summer Palace
    by herzog63
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    My new found friend Kimmo from Sweden and I made some plans to visit the Summer Palace. We checked out of the hotel we were staying at and brought our back packs to the train station to store them for the day. Then we went to the newly opened Subway to get to the Lama Temple to visti it on the way but we got off at the wrong stop! We hopped on a bus when we couldn't find our way there. We also tried asking a few people and that didn't work either! We had a bus map and found the bus that was going to the Summer Palace so we hopped on that! It took us three and a half hours to get there!! LOL Normal time is about one and half hours on the public bus! We had a very warm day for this and lucky I wore my clothes in layers and was able take a few off. The day before it was Very cold! In the photo is a picture of the Long Corridor. It is a 7228 Meter long corridor with paintings of Mythical Scenes. Very nice and interesting.

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    Public bus: Bus in Beijing
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  • By Lemonita on July 31, 2003
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  • Public bus - Beijing
    by Lemonita
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    To take the bus in Beijing (or in China) can be an experience in itself. Indeed, they are often over-crowded but it's interesting to do as the locals and not be afraid of it. On every bus there is a person whose main role is to sale tickets. However, a few bus lines don't have a person selling tickets and it is written on bus windows. In these cases, we need to give the exact amount. Bus routes are pretty complexed but thanks to the "route board" at each station, we can easily find our way. Or, ask the ticket person if the bus goes to your destination, it's the safest way to make sure it's right. So when you buy your ticket, you have to tell your destination to the ticket person. There are different prices following the distance and the type of bus (air conditionned buses are of course more expensive). Generally, it ranges from 1to 5 RMB.

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  • By chewy3326 on November 28, 2005
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  • While taxis may be way more convenient, taking the Beijing public bus system can allow you to meet locals as well as saving you many yuan. A typical ride costs Y1. However, it's essential for you to know your Chinese, because all signs along the bus routes are basically in Chinese. You can basically find a bus stop anywhere in the city, making it very easy to access.

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    Public bus: Getting To The Wall
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  • By keeweechic on June 16, 2004
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  • Public bus - Beijing
    by keeweechic
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    If you want to go to the Badaling part of the Great Wall then you either take a tour or you can take a minibus No 919 from Deshengmen (next to the Jishuitan Subway stop). The last bus leaves Badaling for Beijing at 6.30pm. When my brother visited Beijing the tour was cancelled due to an unusual snow fall, he and another guy took a taxi to the wall and back. You can hire a taxi with an 8 hours for a maximum of 4 people. This maybe a good alternative in sharing costs and having a car at your disposal for the day.

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    Public bus: Visit Badaling on public transport
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  • Updated By bazoeker on January 14, 2007
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  • Main street of Badaling - empty but not usually! - Beijing
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    I have read from others about joining tour buses to Badaling and how: 1. the time spent is limited at the Great Wall 2. have to go to Ming's tomb 3. have to spend plenty of time at 'shopping' places 4 costs about 20euros. So I decided to go there independently but found the information on the web to be rather scarce. Hopefully some info here will help others to this otherwise absolutely amazing place! The bus which goes to Badaling from Beijing is 919. But there are several versions of 919 and the one that we want is 919 'kuai' (express). The bus stop is at Deshengmen, which is located close to Jisuitan metro station. So the directions are the following: Go to Jisuitan metro station. From one exit (sorry did not note down which one) turn right and walk along the road. You should see a pedestrian overhead bridge some distance away (like in the photo). Walk further down the road so that you can cross over and take the overhead bridge and get to the other side of the road. Continue to walk along the same direction (you will probably see other 919s at this stage but ignore them) until you reach a bend to the left and a nice looking building looms ahead of you. Continue walking for about 50m and you will see a 919 signboard across the road, bwhind the large building. That is the bus that you will need to take. Crossing the road is a challenge, you may want to cross before you turn left at the bend. The bus itself is a little small, and space may be tight. It costs 12yuan for each journey, and Badaling is the second stop (the first stop is Juyonguan). I do not know the schedule but I arrived at 8am and the bus left almost immediately. My return trip I arrived at ~12pm and again there was already a bus there. I have the feeling that the driver tries to wait until the bus is almost full before departing but I may be wrong. The journey takes about an hour each way.

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    Public bus: Cheapest bus of China
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  • By yangzhigong on August 6, 2007
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  • If you working or living for a long time in Beijing, go anywhere by bus is the cheapest way, you should pay ony 1 RMB every time, and if you buy a IC bus card, it will give you a 60% discount, that is to say, 0.4 RMB every time. you may check all bus line and station information in website, but at frist, you should learn Chinese hard :)

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    Public bus: Public Transportation in Beijing....
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  • By tremendopunto on May 12, 2005
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    crowded bus
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    .....is always crowded. A dream of any public transportation enterpreneurs, but sometimes a nightmare for laowais who are not adjusted to the situation!

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