Line 2, Chongqing Rail Transit
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Line 2, Chongqing Rail Transit | |||
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Type | Straddle-beam monorail rapid transit | ||
System | Chongqing Rail Transit | ||
Termini | Jiaochangkou Yudong |
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Stations | 25 | ||
Daily ridership | 234,200 (2014 Daily Avg.)[1] 281,000 (2014 Peak)[2] |
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Opened | 18 June 2005 | ||
Operator(s) | Chongqing Rail Transit Corp., Ltd | ||
Rolling stock | Hitachi Monorail | ||
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Line length | 31.3 km (19.4 mi) | ||
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Line 2 of Chongqing Rail Transit runs southeastward from Jiaochangkou to Xinshancun. Line 2 began operation as the first metro line in the West of China on 18 June 2005. It was subsequently expanded 1 June 2006 from Dongwuyuan to Xinshancun, and on 31 December 2014 to Yudong. The line was China's first heavy monorail line, built using Hitachi Monorail technology.
Line 2, which currently runs 29.9 km (18.6 mi) and services 25 stations, begins as a subway under downtown Jeifangbei, then runs west along the southern bank of the Jialing River on an elevated line, and then turns south into the city's southwestern inner suburbs, looping back east to terminate at Yudong in Ba'nan.
Service routes
Current Stations
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● | ● | 2/01 | Jiaochangkou | 较场口 | side (und) | 1 | Yuzhong | |
● | ● | 2/02 | Linjiangmen | 临江门 | island (und) | |||
● | ● | 2/03 | Huanghuayuan | 黄花园 | side (elev) | |||
● | ● | 2/04 | Daxigou | 大溪沟 | side (elev) | |||
● | ● | 2/05 | Zengjiayan | 曾家岩 | side (elev) | |||
● | ● | 2/06 | Niujiaotuo | 牛角沱 | side (elev) | 3 | ||
● | ● | 2/07 | Liziba | 李子坝 | side (elev) | |||
● | ● | 2/08 | Fotuguan | 佛图关 | side (elev) | |||
● | ● | 2/09 | Daping | 大坪 | island (und) | 1 | ||
● | ● | 2/10 | Yuanjiagang | 袁家岗 | side (elev) | Jiulongpo | ||
● | ● | 2/11 | Xiejiawan | 谢家湾 | side (elev) | |||
● | ● | 2/12 | Yangjiaping | 杨家坪 | side (elev) | |||
● | ● | 2/13 | Chongqing Zoo | 动物园 | side and island (elev) | |||
● | 2/14 | Dayancun | 大堰村 | side (elev) | ||||
● | 2/15 | Mawangchang | 马王场 | side (elev) | ||||
● | 2/16 | Ping'an | 平安 | side (elev) | Dadukou | |||
● | 2/17 | Dadukou | 大渡口 | side (elev) | ||||
● | 2/18 | Xinshancun | 新山村 | side (elev) | ||||
● | 2/19 | Tiantangbao | 天堂堡 | island (elev) | ||||
● | 2/20 | Jianqiao | 建桥 | side (elev) | ||||
● | 2/21 | Jinjiawan | 金家湾 | side (elev) | ||||
● | 2/22 | Liujiaba | 刘家坝 | side (elev) | ||||
● | 2/23 | Baijusi | 白居寺 | island (elev) | ||||
● | 2/24 | Dajiang | 大江 | side (elev) | Banan | |||
● | 2/25 | Yudong | 鱼洞 | 2 islands (elev) | 3 | |||
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2/26 | Caojiayuanzi | 曹家院子 | Dadukou | |||
2/27 | Tianba | 田坝 | ||||
2/28 | Zhongliangshan | 中梁山 |