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darkstar1

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Q: Why don't other subway/metros have flat fares?

Something that struck me when I was in Guangzhou was that each journey has it's own fare, as opposed to the flat 2 RMB fare of Beijing. I also here it's the same in Shanghai. Anyone know as to why this is?

11 years 8 weeks ago in Transport & Travel - China

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cooter

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I can tell you Shanghai charges a fare based on distance traveled (IE, not a flat fare like Beijing). I think Beijing subsidizes the price of the subway journeys to try and encourage more passengers on the subway in order to mitigate some of the awful automobile traffic congestion (and also reduce pollution emitted from all those cars). Just my theory.

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