Line 1 (Chongqing Rail Transit)

Line 1
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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 Chaotianmen Xiaoshizi  6  Jiaochangkou  2  Qixinggang  10  Lianglukou  3  Eling Daping  2  Shiyou Rd. Xietaizi  5  Line 5 to Yuegang Ave. Shiqiaopu  5  Gaomiaocun Line 5 to Tiaodeng Majiayan Depot Majiayan Xiaolongkan  9  Shapingba  Loop   9  Yanggongqiao Lieshimu Ciqikou Shijingpo Shuangbei Zhongliang Mts. Laijiaqiao Depot Laijiaqiao Weidianyuan Chenjiaqiao Daxuecheng Jiandingpo Jinyun Mts. Bishan  S2

Line 1 of CRT 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.

Opening timeline

Service routes

• Xiaoshizi — Jiandingpo
• Xiaoshizi — Shuangbei

Current stations

Service routes		Station №	Station name		Connections	Distance km		Location
			English	Chinese
		1/01	Chaotianmen	朝天门		—	—	Yuzhong
●	●	1/02	Xiaoshizi	小什字	6	0.00	0.00
●	●	1/03	Jiaochangkou	较场口	2	1.40	1.40
●	●	1/04	Qixinggang	七星岗	10	0.90	2.30
●	●	1/05	Lianglukou	两路口	3  CQW	1.50	3.80
●	●	1/06	Eling	鹅岭		1.55	5.35
●	●	1/07	Daping	大坪	2	1.90	7.25
●	●	1/08	Shiyoulu	石油路		1.05	8.30
●	●	1/09	Xietaizi	歇台子	5	1.05	9.35	Jiulongpo
●	●	1/10	Shiqiaopu	石桥铺	5	1.30	10.65
●	●	1/11	Gaomiaocun	高庙村		1.65	12.30	Shapingba
●	●	1/12	Majiayan	马家岩		1.10	13.40
●	●	1/13	Xiaolongkan	小龙坎	9	0.95	14.35
●	●	1/14	Shapingba	沙坪坝	9   Loop  CYW	0.85	15.20
●	●	1/15	Yanggongqiao	杨公桥		1.10	16.30
●	●	1/16	Lieshimu	烈士墓		0.85	17.15
●	●	1/17	Ciqikou	磁器口		1.05	18.20
●	●	1/18	Shijingpo	石井坡		1.40	19.60
●	●	1/19	Shuangbei	双碑		1.90	21.50
●		1/20	Laijiaqiao	赖家桥		7.00	28.50
●		1/21	Weidianyuan	微电园		1.80	30.30
●		1/22	Chenjiaqiao	陈家桥		3.35	33.65
●		1/23	Daxuecheng	大学城		1.90	35.55
●		1/24	Jiandingpo	尖顶坡		1.55	37.10
		1/25	Bishan	璧山	S2	—	—	Bishan

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