Lives transformed by subway

Line 5 has opened to the public, linking Beijing’s largest low-cost housing area in the north (Tiantongyuan precinct) to suburban areas in the south (Songjiazhuang precinct). It has, indeed, changed peoples’ lives, and for the better.

The Economic Observer has a story of Wang and An Jing which suggests their marriage was saved by the new line. Not only that but the story mirror tens of thousands of others in Beijing. Read the full story by clicking on Source below.

The city has grown so large that kin living at different ends of the city hardly find time to meet up. Now, the network of subway lines offers some hope for better communication.

Subway fares at a flat rate of RMB2 appear to have propped up the ‘Happiness Index’ of the city residents although, on the downside, prices of properties along the subway lines have skyrocketed.

I Love My Home — the correct an splendid name — real estate agency organized large scale viewing tours. Based on the agency’s records, second hand properties along Line 5 in Fangzhuang, Liujiayao, Hepingli and Lishuiqiao made up 28% of its total sales.
Source: Economic Observer Online