Line 1, Chongqing Rail Transit

Line 1
一号线

Statistics
Type Rapid transit
System Chongqing Rail Transit
Termini Chaotianmen
Shapingba
No. of stations 14
Daily ridership 100,000[1]
Operation
Opened 28 July 2011
Operator(s) Chongqing Rail Transit Corp., Ltd
Technical
Line length 16.40 km
Operating speed 100 km/h

Line 1 of Chongqing Rail Transit runs westward from Chaotianmen to Shapingba. Line 1 begin operation on 28 July 2011.[1]

Line 1 runs 16.4 km from Chaotianmen in downtown Chongqing west to Shapingba, and eventually all the way to Shuangbei for a total length of 22.41 km. 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.[2] An extension from Shapingba to University Town began in 2009 and is scheduled to be opened in 2013.

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, Shuangpingnan, Shuangpingbei, Laijiaqiao, Tuzhu, Huxi, 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 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.

Contents

Current Stations

Station Code
Station Name
English
Station Name
Hanzi
Platform Types
Transfer
Location
1/01 Chaotianmen 朝天门 island (und) Yuzhong
1/02 Xiaoshizi 小什字 island (und)
1/03 Jiaochangkou 较场口 island (und)  Line 2 
1/04 Qixingkou 七星岗 island (und)
1/05 Lianglukou 两路口 island (und)  Line 3 
1/06 Eling 鹅岭 island (und)
1/07 Daping 大坪 island (und)  Line 2 
1/08 Shiyoulu 石油路 island (und)
1/09 Xietaizi 歇台子 island (und)
1/10 Shiqiaopu 石桥铺 island (und) Jiulongpo
1/11 Gaomaiocun 高庙村 island (und)
1/12 Majiayan 马家岩 island (und) Shapingba
1/13 Xiaolongkan 小龙坎 island (und)
1/14 Shapingba 沙坪坝 island (und)

Phase II

Station Code
Station Name
English
Station Name
Hanzi
Platform Types
Transfer
Location
1/15 Yanggongqiao 杨公桥 (und) Shapingba
1/16 Lieshimu 烈士墓 (und)
1/17 Ciqikou 磁器口 (und)
1/18 Shijingpo 石井坡 (elev)
1/19 Shuangbei 双碑 (elev)
1/20 Laijiaqiao 赖家桥 (elev)
1/21 Weidianyuan 微电园 (elev)
1/22 Chenjiaqiao 陈家桥 (elev)
1/23 University Town 大学城 (elev)
1/24 Jiandingpo 尖顶坡 (elev)

Phase III

Station Code
Station Name
English
Station Name
Hanzi
Platform Types
Transfer
Location
1/25 Tuanshanbao 团山堡 (elev) Bishan
County
1/26 Xiuhu Park 秀湖公园 (elev)
1/27 Bishan Chengbei 璧山城北 (elev)
1/28 Bishan Qinggang 璧山青杠 (elev)

References

  1. ^ Chongqing Metro Line 1 into trial operation
  2. ^ http://www.echinacities.com/chongqing/city-in-pulse/chongqing-s-metro-line-1-now-open.html (Chinese)
Lines in operation
Heavy rail
 1 
Heavy monorail
 2   ·  3 
Lines under construction
Heavy rail
 1  (Phase II) ·  6  (Phase I, II, & III)
Heavy monorail
 2  (Phase III)  ·  3  (Phase II)
Planned lines
 5  (Jijiang-Danzishi) ·  7  (Qingmuguan-Jiulong Garden District) ·  9  (Shapingba-Liangjing) ·  10  (Haixia Lu-Industrial Park) ·  11  (Tiaoding-Tudibao) ·  12  (Jiangjin-Xiyong) ·  13  (Higher Education Mega Center-International Western Region,Panda Convention Center) ·  14  (Longxing-Yulin) ·  15  (North Railway Station-Fusheng) ·  16  (Fusheng-Shuangbeibei) ·  17  (Lujiaonan-Baishiyi) ·  18  (Shuitu-Caijia)
Proposed lines
 4  (West Railway Station-International Western Region,Panda Convention Center) ·  8  (Jieshi-Yuzuibei)