Photo taken on Sept. 21, 2009 shows the platform of Yuanmingyuan Park station on Subway line 4 in Beijng, capital of China. 

A new subway line, Line 4, will begin carrying passengers at 3:00 pm today, according to qianlong.com.

With a total length of 28.2 km, Subway Line 4 runs through Beijing's four districts  from Fengtai district, south of the city to Haidian, in the northwest. The line has 24 stops and a one-way run takes about 47 minutes.

The photo shows the ceiling of XIDAN Station is designed to represent copper coins. [Xinhua]

Photo taken on Sept. 21, 2009 shows the platform of Beijing Zoo station on Subway line 4 in Beijng, capital of China. [Xinhua]

A notice which says the line 4 will begin carrying passengers at 3:00 pm today, is seen at the entrance of the subway on September 28, 2009. [www.ce.cn]

Staff of the Beijing subway line 4 wear uniforms in this undated photo. [Xinhua]