page_title: Beijing Bus
section_title: Routes
hierarchical_section_title: Beijing Bus / Basic information / Routes
caption_attribution_description: English: A bunch of zero - the enforcer is here!
context_page_description: Public bus service in Beijing is the among the most extensive, widely used and affordable form of public transportation in urban and suburban districts of the city. In 2015, the entire network consisted of 876 routes with a fleet of 24,347 buses and trolleybuses carried 3.98 billion passengers annually. Trolleybuses run on over 31 routes including 6, 38, 42, 65, 101-112, 114-118, 124, 128, 301, BRT 1-3. Many of these trolleybus routes are located inside the Third Ring Road but some, such as 301 and BRT 1-3, do extend as far out as the Fifth Ring Road. Since 2013, In an effort to reduce urban air pollution, Beijing has been converting regular bus routes to trolleybus routes by installing overhead power lines on several corridors. Public bus service in the city began in 1921. Today there are two operators. The city's primary public bus operator, the state-owned Beijing Public Transport Holdings, Ltd. operates most routes and the Beijing Xianglong Bus Co., Ltd., an independent operator, provides service on 32 "Yuntong" bus routes.
context_section_description: BPT's buses use the following route number scheme and fare schedule.
  Other character designations in line numbers:
  Suffix 快 (kuài), which means "fast", indicates express service.  For example, Bus 345 is a regular bus.  Bus 345快 is an express bus that follows the same route but makes fewer stops.
  Suffixes 内 (nèi), meaning "inner", and 外 (wài) meaning "outer" refer to the direction of loop route buses.  Inner loop buses run in a clock-wise direction.  Outer loop buses run in a counterclockwise direction. For example, Bus 300内 goes clock-wise around the 3rd Ring Road while Bus 300外 goes counterclock-wise.
  Suffix 支 (zhī), meaning "branch", indicates a branch route that overlaps in part with the main route.
  Prefix 临 (lín), meaning "temporary", indicates a temporary route.
caption: Route 120, a downtown route, using electric buses
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