Subway tries to improve ride for the disabled

The newly constructed subway lines will have ticket windows accessible to wheelchair users in accordance with the specifications for the barrier-free traffic facilities that will be implemented from April 1.

Aside from the ticket windows, other barrier-free facilities to be introduced include broader passages for the ticket gates, and barrier-free carriages and toilets.

There were 999,000 disabled people in Beijing at the end of 2009, almost 5.6 percent of the total population of the city, according to the municipal government.