Line 1, Chongqing Rail Transit

Line 1, Chongqing Rail Transit
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Chongqing Rail Transit
Termini	Chaotianmen Jiandingpo
Stations	24
Daily ridership	690,000 (2016 Peak)[1]
Operation
Opened	28 July 2011
Operator(s)	Chongqing Rail Transit Corp., Ltd
Technical
Line length	38.9 km (24.2 mi)
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph) (peak)
Route map Legend Chaotianmen Xiaoshizi  6  Jiaochangkou  2  Qixinggang  10  Lianglukou  3  Eling Daping  2  Shiyou Rd. Xietaizi  5  Shiqiaopu  5  Gaomiaocun Majiayan Depot Majiayan Xiaolongkan  9  Shapingba  0   9  Yanggongqiao Lieshimu Ciqikou Shijingpo Shuangbei Zhongliang Mountain Laijiaqiao Depot Laijiaqiao Weidianyuan Chenjiaqiao Daxuecheng Jiandingpo Jinyun Mountain Tuanshanbao Xiuhu Park Bishan N. Bishan Qinggang

Line 1 of Chongqing Rail Transit runs westwards from Chaotianmen to Daxuecheng. Line 1 begin operation on 28 July 2011.^[2]

Line 1 runs 16.4 km (10.2 mi) from Chaotianmen in downtown Chongqing west to Shapingba, and eventually all the way to Shuangbei for a total length of 22.4 km (13.9 mi). It is the city's first all-heavy rail subway line and the second completed in Western China. Passenger capacity of the line is 36,000 passengers/hour/direction.

In 1992, the Chongqing government had signed a Build-Operate-Transfer in 1992 with a Hong Kong company, and provided the land for the project, but work ceased in 1997 due to legal issues. Work resumed on the first stretch of the line (from Chaotianmen to Shapingba) on 9 June 2007, and opened to limited operation on July 28.^[3] An extension from Shapingba to Daxuecheng (University Town) began in 2009 and opened on December 21, 2012.

Line 1 has 14 stations, including from east to west: Chaotianmen, Xiaoshizi, Jiaochangkou, Qixinggang, Lianglukou, Eling, Daping, Shiyoulu, Xietaizi, Shiqiaopu, Gaomiaocun, Majiayan, Xiaolongkan, and Shapingba stations. Lieshimu, Ciqikou, Shijingpo, Shuangbei, Laijiaqiao, Weidianyuan, Chenjiaqiao, Daxuecheng (University Town), and Jiandingpo stations are scheduled to open in 2013 once the Phase 2 extension of Line 1 is complete.

Line 1 has transfer interchange stations with Line 6 at Xiaoshizi and Line 2 at Jiaochangkou in Jeifangbei CBD and at Daping. Line 1 will have transfer station when Line 3 opens later in 2011 at Lianglukou, near the Chongqing Railway Station in the Caiyuanba section of central Yuzhong.

Service routes

• Xiaoshizi — Daxuecheng
• Xiaoshizi — Shuangbei

Current stations

References

Public transportation in Chongqing
Chongqing Rail Transit	Lines in operation Heavy rail  1   6  Heavy monorail  2   3  Lines under construction  0   1  (Extension)  3  (Airport Branch)  4  (Phase I)  5  (Phase I)  6  (International Expo Branch Phase II)  9  (Phase I)  10  Planned lines  7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17  Canceled lines  18
Intercity Rail	Lines in operation Chengdu–Chongqing Lines under construction Chongqing–Wanzhou Xi'an–Chongqing
Transportation Hubs	Airport Chongqing Jiangbei Qianjiang Wulingshan Wanzhou Wuqiao Wushan Shennüfeng Railway stations Chongqing Chongqing North Chongqing East Chongqing West Fuling Qianjiang Wanzhou
China transit: JJJ Beijing Tianjin YRD Shanghai Jiangsu Zhejiang PRD West North East Chengyu Chongqing Chengdu Wuhan Dalian