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Encyclopedia > Chongqing Metro

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This article is about an
underground railway in the PRC.

Beijing Subway
Chongqing Metro
Guangzhou Metro
Hong Kong MTR
Nanjing Metro
Shanghai Metro
Shenzhen Metro
Tianjin Metro This page refers to urban rail mass transit systems. ... PRC is a common abbreviation for: Peoples Republic of China Palestinian Red Crescent Popular Resistance Committees This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Beijing Subway, Beijing Underground or Beijing Metro (Chinese: 北京地铁 ; pinyin: BÄ›i JÄ«ng Dì Tíe) is a subway system that serves the greater Beijing area and its various outlying suburbs. ... The Guangzhou Metro (广州地铁 GuÇŽngzhōu dìtǐe) is a metro system in the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Logo of the MTR corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Shenzhen Metro (SZM, Chinese: 深圳地铁) is the underground railway in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. ... Tianjin Metro is the second metro to be built in China. ...

Chongqing Metro, currently only contains one operating line: the Line 2. It is the first metro system in western China. And it is the first metro employing single-railed, elevated metro. It runs through four administravtive districts (Yuzhong, Jiulongpo, Dadukou, Ba'nan (future plan)). It serves transportation in the main business and public districts in the metropolitan region. Its length is 14.35 km (recently elongated to 19.15 km, by the end of 2005). It was officially opened to service in June 2005.


It is a unique metro system. Due to Chongqing's surrounding geography as a hilly city, this metro system is for the most parts elevated above streets, although a 2.2-km section is underground including 3 of its 18 stations. Meanwhile, it employs the vehicles with strong climbing capabilities. It can transport 30,000 per hour in single direction.


Further development is planned. The Line 3 will be North-South direction, linking the regions separated by the two rivers.


See also

This is an alphabetical list of cities worldwide that have a rapid transit system, or a light-rail system with some elements of rapid transit. ...

External links

  • Official site of Chongqing metro


 

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