Mayor of London in Beijing Subway

2013年10月15日，倫敦市長鮑里斯·約翰遜來到北京地鐵一號線，從西單站乘坐至公主墳站，與交通負責人進行交流，體驗中國首都的交通是如何運營的。

倫敦市長鮑里斯·約翰遜本周訪問北京備受關注，周二他體驗了以擁擠著稱的北京地鐵。他稱北京地鐵甚至比倫敦的地鐵更加「擁擠」。

「It was not the peak hour, yet the traffic was comparable to the rush hour in London,」 he said.

他說：「現在並不是交通高峰時段。但地鐵上的乘客人數堪比倫敦高峰時段的乘客人數。」

Johnson and his crew travelled on Beijing』s No 1 line from Xidan to Gongzhufen in the afternoon, a total of five stops, according to Chinese media reports. He was lucky enough to have secured a seat, after being hailed by curious travellers.

據中國媒體報道，約翰遜及其隨同人員於周二下午乘坐了北京地鐵1號線，從西單站到公主墳站共乘坐了五站。在好奇的乘客們歡呼致敬之下，他很幸運地佔到了一個座位。

Yet Johnson admitted that he was impressed by the 「orderliness」 and 「cheap cost」 of the subway, where riders are charged a flat fare of 2 yuan.

儘管擁擠，約翰遜還是稱他深感北京地鐵「秩序井然」、「價格便宜」，乘客們只需支付統一的兩元錢票價。

「I』ve long heard that you take public transportation to work, and you get my full respect,」 wrote a blogger.

一位網友在博客上說，「久聞倫敦市長總是乘坐公共交通工具上下班，我對他充滿敬意。」

A keen cyclist himself, Johnson pointed out in a speech he gave earlier this week in Beijing that Chinese visitors were attracted to London because of multiculturalism, fine universities and 「beautiful communist bicycles」.

作為一個自行車愛好者，約翰遜曾在本周日前一次演講中指出，中國遊客被倫敦吸引，正是因為倫敦的文化多元性、知名學府和「漂亮的社區自行車」。