Beijing Transportation - Beijing Transportation Smart Card

City Guide - Beijing - Transportation
'With a little smart card, people in Beijing can travel around the city easily.' The Beijing Transportation Smart Card, like the MetroCard in New York City and the Oyster Card in London, can be used on all of the subway trains, city-buses, some taxis and the Airport Express Train. People can get a 60% discounts when paying for the city-bus fare by card. What's more, the Transportation Smart Card could be used at some designated supermarkets, long-distance bus lines and the expressways in Beijing. These public telephones set along the Chang'an Avenue also access to the card.

Who can apply for the card?
Every one could apply for using the Beijing Transportation Smart Card. No ID Card, passport or other documents is required for renting a card, so the card will not be registered to user's name and refunds will not be available if lost.

How much does the card cost?
The Beijing Transportation Smart Card is lent to users for free. If the card is applied for the first time, the user should put down a deposit of CNY20/card and add some value of no less than CNY20. The full deposit and the balance in the card could be refund.

Where to apply for the card?
Over 170 designated points have been set in Beijing for users to rent and reload the card. These points are located at the ticket offices of all Beijing metro stations (05:30~23:00), some bus stations, supermarkets (e.g, Jingkelong Convenience Stores, Lianhua Quick, Good Neighbor Supermarket) and Post Offices (09:00~17:00).

Here is a brief list of the designated bus stations:
1. Opening Hours: 07:00~19:00
Deshengmen (315, 5), Andingmen (358, 328, 27), Beijing West Railway Station (beside the police station), Beijing Zoo (15, 103, 65), Fuchengmen (335, 409), Zhongguancun (320 Beihang Stop), Summer Palace (346), Dongdaqiao (109, 28), Jinsong (41), Gongzhufen (Huandao Center), Pingguoyuan (311, 664), Sihui (1, 322), Nanhu (the 7th Passenger Transport Co.), Xuanwumen (near the church), Dongzhimen (107), Chongwenmen (111)
2. Opening Hours: 07:00~19:00 (26th-3rd of next month)
Tiantongyuan (358), Dong Sishi Tiao (42), Beijing West Railway Station (320), Muxiyuan (324), Beijing North Railway Station (20, 102), Daguanyuan (59), Xinjiekou Huokou (44, 331), Xidan (46), Beijing Railway Station (10), Fuxingmen (395), Summer Palace (374), Dongdaqiao (350), Dabeiyao (348), Capital Airport (359), Sihui (4, 402), Fangzhuang (37), Badachu (389), Baiyunlu (114, 308), Workers' Stadium (113), Dongzhimen (401, 359)
3. Opening Hours: 09:00~16:00
Fangshan (917), Pinggu (918), Miyun (980), Huairou (916), Yanqing (919)