Eine Masse von Fluggästen auf Warteschlange durch Security Check in einer U-Bahnstation in Peking, China, 26. Mai 2014. U-Bahn Passagiere in Peking wird ha
A crowd of passengers queue up to go through security check at a subway station in Beijing, China, 26 May 2014. Subway passengers in Beijing will have to face security check at three more stations starting Saturday (24 May 2014) as a new measure was launched to beef up subway security. Previously, only personal belongings needed to be checked when passengers entered a subway station. In January, Beijing Subway required that passengers should also go through security check at six stations, all near the Tiananmen Square in central Beijing. The security measure was expanded to three more stations, two in the citys north and one in the west, on Saturday, all far from the downtown area, according to the Beijing Subway. Beijing is home to 21 million permanent residents. The city currently has 465 km of subway lines in operation, which carry 10 million passengers daily. The new subway security measure comes as Beijing and the country at large are facing more severe challenges of violent terrorist attacks.
