Beijing Bus
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. Trolleybuses run on over 31 routes including 6, 38, 42, 65, 101-112, 114-118, 124, 128, 301, BRT 1-3. 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. 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.
Beijing Bus 1 on Chang'an Avenue at Tiananmen Square. The vehicle is produced by Zhuhai Guangtong Automobile. | |
| Parent | Beijing Public Transport Holdings, Ltd. ("BPT") Beijing Xianglong Bus Co., Ltd. ("Yuntong") |
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| Founded | 1947 (BPT) 1999 (Yuntong) |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
| Locale | Beijing Municipality |
| Service area | Beijing |
| Service type | local, express, bus rapid transit, shuttle, night |
| Routes | 1020 (BPT) 32 (Yuntong) |
| Fleet | 29,515 (BPT) 1,413 (Yuntong) |
| Daily ridership | 9,635,600 (BPT daily avg.) 684,931 (Yuntong daily avg.) |
| Fuel type | trolleybus, diesel, diesel-electric hybrid, CNG, hydrogen |
| Website | BPT, Yuntong |
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.