Beijing
Subway to Use A, B, C and D for Four Directions
The Beijing subway is to adopt Chinese-English
directive signs. The Chinese characters originally used for
east, west, south and north are to be replaced by the letters
A, B, C and D. The subway operator explained that the four Chinese
characters indicating directions no longer meet the needs of
passengers, given the diversity of subway stations and increases
in the number of entrances and exits. Therefore, universal signs
used worldwide will be adopted. Subway maps will also be put
up at ticket offices for the convenience of passengers. It is
reported that this new directive system for the Beijing subway
will cost nearly 10 million yuan and will be installed at all
38 subway stations before the end of this year.
