Test trains run on new Beijing Metro line

By Wang Xiang | 2009-8-31 | ONLINE EDITION

TEST runs began today on Beijing's new Metro Line 4, which is due to open to the public on September 28.

The new track is the capital's ninth Metro line and links tourist attractions such as as the Summer Palace, Peking University, and Yuan Mingyuan Park, according to Beijing's Legal Mirror today.

Trains on the new line will run every three minutes after it opens. Hong Kong-based MTR Corporation Ltd will operate the service along 24 stations.

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