The Ghost Train of Yonghegong (雍和宫站)

Peking · China · Tunnel

After eleven at night, Beijing's metro is said to run one empty extra train – for passengers no longer living. The night staff at Yonghegong know why.

When Beijing's metro was dug, the shafts are said to have cut straight through old burial grounds, and the works were dogged by misfortune. According to the city's most stubborn subway legend, monks were finally brought in to chant rites for days – and ever since, an empty 'ghost train' is run after the last scheduled service, a desolate circuit through the tunnels so the disturbed dead can ride to where they belong. No station gathers more stories than Yonghegong, neighbour to the great Lama Temple: night workers are said to have refused to walk the tunnels alone after a young station hand met, in the dark, a party of bearers carrying an old-fashioned sedan chair, moving through the tunnel without a sound. Among Beijing metro staff, the night shifts at Yonghegong are said to be the least wanted on the whole network.

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Where is The Ghost Train of Yonghegong (雍和宫站) located?

The Ghost Train of Yonghegong (雍和宫站) is in Peking, China.

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