Unprecedented
queues as Beijing subway introduces airport-style security
Already
one of the busiest in the world, Beijing's subway is seeing
staggering queues as the city has introduced new anti-terror security
checkpoints at major stations in the wake of recent bombings in
China’s northwest
RT.
27
May, 2014
China’s
subway system consists of nearly 200 stations, with commuters in the
capital taking around 10 million rides a day.
On
top of the daily commuter traffic, residents of Beijing now face
never-before-experienced lines due to tightly enforced security
checkpoints at major subway stations.
The
new system forces commuters to go through an airport-style security
check prior to entering the station. Passengers are now required to
go through metal detectors and receive a pat-down by security
personnel before they are allowed inside.
Before
the new security measures were adopted, only personal belongings were
checked when passengers entered a subway station.
The
first six security checkpoints were set up at the beginning of the
year and three others were opened on Saturday.
The
new checkpoints were introduced to beef up security in the city
after attacks rocked
the capital of China's turbulent northwestern region of Xinjiang,
killing at least 31 people and injuring more than 90 others.
The
explosions occurred at around 8 a.m. on Thursday at an open market in
Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region.
The
high death toll makes the attack the bloodiest in a series of violent
incidents blamed on radical separatist Uygur Muslims.
Last
month, the restive Chinese region of Xinjiang was the scene of a
railway station attack which killed three people and injured 79
others. That attack was blamed on radical religious extremists
seeking to take control of the region.
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