Dear Reina,
On behalf of my family and myself I would like to thank you and your people who made our trip to Beijing so memorable. Your last minute help in arranging our private tour and the tour itself were fabulous. Our guide and driver were wonderful and enhanced our experience of your fascinating city enormously. We brought away many happy memories from our trip which we will cherish for a long time to come. Even my 2 and 4 year old children enjoyed the sightseeing. Our guide, Michael, was particularly patient and kind with them and I appreciate this greatly. This was our first private tour and is definitely the way to see a big city when travelling with family. I have already recommended you to some friends who will be in Beijing next week so you may hear from them and I will have no hesitation in recommending you to others visiting Beijing also.
Thank you once again and keep up the good work.
Yours sincerely,
Donna Wakeling, USA
Beijing Subway Line 5:
Beijing's No. 5 subway line, which runs through the heart of the city from north to south, opened at 2:00 PM on Sunday, Oct 07,2007. The 27.6-km line, after nearly five years' construction, is installed with 23 stations and runs from Tiantongyuan North Station in northern Beijing's Changping district to Songjiazhuang Station in southern Fengtai district. The subway cars are wider and taller than the ones operating on the older lines and are designed to reach speeds of 80 km per hour. Now a one-way ticket costs just two yuan (27 US cents cents), nearly the price of a bottle of purified water, no matter how long one travels and how many times one transfers between lines.
Brief Intruduction to the 23 Subway Stations of Line 5
Station 1: 天通苑北 ( Tiantongyuanbei - Northen Tiantongyuan )
Attractions nearby: Tiantongyuan Community, New Asia Automobile Trade Center
Transfer Bus Lines: 426、428、430、487、643、836、851、949、966、984、985、985区、643区、522. Station 2: 天通苑 ( Tiantongyuan )
Attractions nearby: Tiantongyuan Community
Transfer Bus Lines: 417、426、432、464、465、487、751、758、803、836、850、851、852、949、984、985、966、522 Station 3: 天通苑南( Tiantongyuannan - Southern Tiantong )
Attractions nearby: Tiantongyuan Community
Transfer Bus Lines: 358、417、426、430、432、464、465、751、758、803、836、850、851、852、949、984、985、966 Station 4: 立水桥 ( Lishuiqiao - Lishui Bridge )
It is an important transportation hub in the northern Beijing, a transfer station for Line 5 and Line 13.
Attractions nearby: Beijing Tongli refrigeration equipment company, Beijing Urban Construction Company Branch 5.
Transfer Bus Lines: 358、417、426、430、464、465、479、629、643、751、758、803、836、849、850、851、852、858、949、966、984、985 Station 5: 立水桥南 ( Lishuiqiaonan - Southern Lishui Bridge )
Attractions nearby: Drug Supervision Bureau of Chaoyang Branch, Yangqinghu Park, China Environmental Science Research Institute, Beijing Laboratory Animal Research Center.
Transfer Bus Lines: 658、417、426、464、465、479、629、751、758、803、836、849、850、851、852、858、949、966、984、985. Station 6: 北苑路北 ( Beiyuanlubei )
Attractions nearby: Beijing Institute of Nonferrous Metals and Rare Earth, Design and Research Institute of China Aviation, China Aviation Center Hospital, Beijing municipal building rural schools
Transfer Bus Lines:
358、415、417、426、430、464、466、479、484、602、629、643、644、654、727、751、758、803、836、849、850、851、858、949、984、985；北京有色稀土研究所479、751、758、851 Station 7: 大屯路东 ( Datunludong )
Attractions nearby: The Asian Games Village by the Trade and Industry, 36th Golf Club, Qu US furniture store, building materials supermarket Beiyuan Road, North Asia Automobile Maintenance plant, the construction of petrochemical company.
Transfer bus Lines: 358、415、417、426、430、464、479、484、602、653、727、751、836、849、850、851、858、913、949、963 Station 8: 惠新西街北口（Huixinxijiebeikou ）
Attractions nearby: Chaoyang District Taxi Department, the Chinese Center for Research on Tibet, the Tibetan buildings, the Anhui Provincial government office in Beijing, Anhui buildings, shopping malls Yokado.
Transfer Bus Lines: 惠新西街北口18、119、361、984 Station 9: 惠新西街南口( Huixinxijienankou )
Attractions nearby: Yuan Dynasty city wall ruins Park, Beijing Animal and Plant Quarantine Bureau, the Ministry of Urban Construction Research Institute, China Aviation Industry Development Research Center.
Transfer Bus Lines: 惠新西街南口119，125；惠新西街119，361，984 Station 10: 和平西桥( Hepingxiqiao )
Attractions nearby: Beijing University of Chemical Technology, the China Film Association, the Association video cinemas, China Symphony, the first secondary banks; Gansu, Qinghai, Guizhou provincial government office in Beijing
Transfer Bus Lines: 和平西桥南125; 和平西桥北125，361，422，464，479；和平西桥117，300，302，731，735，839，945，957支、957快2，958，特8. Station 11: 和平里北街 ( Hepinglibeijie )
Attractions nearby: Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, National Talent Exchange Center, Beijing CDC, Beijing Quarantine Bureau, the State Coal Mine Safety Supervision Bureau, the State Production Safety Authority, the coal industry and Exhibition Center, coal mining, real estate survey mapping Beijing, 171 secondary schools, Hongzhi schools.
Transfer Bus Lines: 和平里北街125；和平里北街（东西走向）104快，201 Station 12: 雍和宫 ( Yonghegong - Lama Temple )
It is a big station, a transfer station for Line 2 and Line 5.
Attractions nearby: Altar parks, cultural exchange center, Yonghe Lama Temple, the Imperial College, Children's Library, Former Imperial College and other schools
Transfer Lines: 雍和宫13，116，117，684；雍和宫桥北125; 雍和宫桥东13，18，44，62，116，606，684，800，858，909，特2 Station 13: 北新桥 ( Beixinqiao )
Attractions nearby: Dongcheng District Cultural Heritage Bureau, the Dongcheng Library, The Dongcheng cultural centers, the Fifth Beijing, Dongzhimen schools, the Federation of Overseas Chinese, Liang Qicao's former residence, the art printing plant, the Ministry of Construction Institute of Comprehensive Survey.
Transfer Bus Lines: 北新桥路口南106，116，684;北新桥路口西107，635，204；北新桥路口北13，117，684 Station 14: 张自忠路 ( Zhangzhizong)
Attractions nearby: It was a former Iron Lion alley. In 1947 to commemorate the anti-Japanese generals Zhang Zizhong, the alley ( road ) was renamed Zhang Zizhong Road. The Consumers Association of Dongcheng District, Dongcheng District Health Board, Dongcheng District Audit Office, the first kindergarten in Beijing, Opera House, King and Princess House, such as Sun Yat-sen palace.
Transfer Bus Lines: 张自忠路13，42，113，115，118，701，758，823；东四十二条13，106，116，684，204; 魏家胡同106，684，204 Station 15: 东四 ( Dong Si )
Attractions nearby: The State Council Development Research Center, the State Council Information Office, Beijing Commerce Bureau, the Dongcheng District government, General Administration of Civil Aviation of China, sanitation buildings, the Commercial Press, China Museum of People's Art Theater in Theater , the museum Backstreet elementary schools
transfer Bus Lines:
东四路口东101，109，112，420，810，846，202；东四路口南106，110，116，684，685，204；美术馆东101，109，112，420，685，810，846；钱粮胡同106.116.684.204. Station 16: 灯市口 (Dengshikou )
Attractions nearby: China Federation of the Red Cross, Beijing Nationalities Affairs Commission, the State Press and Publication Administration and the State Copyright Bureau, Beijing Jingshan School, 25 secondary schools, 166 secondary schools, Beijing churches, Wangfu palace Hotel
Transfer Bus Lines: 灯市口东：106、108、110、111、684、685、204; 米市大街：106、108、110、111、116、684、685、814、204 新东安市场：103、104、104快、420、803、814、201、211 Station 17: 东单 ( Dongdan )
It is a transfer station for line 1 and line 5.
Attractions nearby: Oriental Plaza, Dongdan Sports Center, Dongdan Commercial Street, Dahua Cinema, Chinese Women's Center, the National Women's Federation, the Ministry of Commerce, the Beijing newspaper, Beijing Evening Social, News Building, the National Theater building then, the Chinese Children's Art Theater, the Changan Theater, the new world of the Orient, Dongdan Sports Center, Union Hospital, Beijing international Hotel
Transfer Bus Line: 东单路口东：10、20、25、37、39、203、205; 东单路口西：1、4、52、728、802;
东单路口南：41、110.、116、684、685、814; 东单路口北：106、108、110、111、116、684、685、204 Station 18: 崇文门 ( Jianguomen )
It is a big transfer station for Line 5 and Line 2.
Attractions nearby: Dongdan Park, Ming City Wall Ruins Park, Beijing Postal Museum, Tongren Hospital, Tongren Hospital Eye Institute, Hademen, New World play, Xinqiao Hotel, New World-KTV
Transfer Bus Lines: 崇文门内：25、39、41、106、108、110、111、116、684、685、814; 崇文门外：108、111;
崇文门东：12、39、43、44、610、525;崇文门西：8、9、41、44、59、60、103、104、104快、110、673、723、729、744、特2、203、209、211; 北京站西街西口：29、104、104快、434、674、957、957快、957快1、204、208、209、211 Station 19: 磁器口( Ciqikou )
Attractions nearby: Shou-City, Puren Hospital, Tongrentang buildings Jinlun building, Silver Mansion, Biayifang duck restaurant.
Transfer Bus Lines: 磁器口北：8、25、39、41、106、684、685、723、814、208; 磁器口南：25、39、43、60、116、610、814、525; 磁器口西：23、57、715、204; 榄杆市：8、23、57、715 Station 20: 天坛东门 ( Tiantan East )
Attractions nearby: The Temple of Heaven Park, Fahua Temple, the Information Office of the Beijing municipal government, Chongwen District, Beijing Commerce and Industry Bureau, the Revenue Department Chongwen, the Chinese Olympic Committee, the State General Administration of Sport, Beijing Coliseum, the State of the Training Council, the China Sports Newspaper Agency, a sporting goods Street, Hongqiao market, Chongwen District, Beijing Children's Palace , 109 secondary schools, sports hospitals, hotels and other sports.
Transfer Bus Lines:
天坛体育场：25、36、39、610、685、705、723、814、957、957快、957快1、958、208、525; 法华寺：6、25、34、35、36、39、41、43、60、116、610、684、685、707、723、743、814、822、208、525; 北京体育馆西：6、34、35、36、41、60、116、684、705、707、743、822、957、957快、957快 Station 21: 蒲黄榆 ( Puhuangyu )
Attractions nearby: Gome Mall, Fangzhuang Sports Park, the Central Conservatory of Chinese and 29 secondary school
Transfer Bus Lines: 蒲黄榆：39、43、53、122、685、705、723、957、957快、957快1、特3 Station 22: 刘家窑( Liujiayao )
Attractions nearby; Beijing archives, the second Fengtai District Commissioner, Traffic Team Fangzhuang, Beijing Post Institute of Science, the South Securities Building.
Transfer Bus Lines: 刘家窑桥北：7、39、43、705、723、957、957快、957快1; 刘家窑桥东：12、17、39、51、434、654、723、741; 刘家窑桥西：17、43、51、300、300快、368、434、627、654、705、741、732、826、927、927区、954、957、957支、、957快、957快1、957快2、973、988、特8; 横七条：7、12、43、39 Station 23: 宋家庄( Songjiazhuang)
Attractions nearby: Beijing Automotive Brake, Elante Garment Limited, Beijing Chemical Factory, the Great Wall Lubricating Oil Company
Transfer Lines: 丰台曹家沟：17、511、684、524
