Line 2 (Chongqing Rail Transit)

Line 2
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Overview
Type	Straddle-beam monorail rapid transit
System	Chongqing Rail Transit
Termini	Jiaochangkou Yudong
Stations	25
Daily ridership	234,200 (2014 Daily Avg.)[1] 350,000 (2016 Peak)[2]
Operation
Opened	18 June 2005
Operator(s)	Chongqing Rail Transit Corp., Ltd
Rolling stock	Hitachi Monorail
Technical
Line length	31.3 km (19.4 mi)
Route map Jiaochangkou  1  Linjiangmen Huanghuayuan Daxigou Zengjiayan  10  Niujiaotuo  3  Liziba Fotuguan Daping  1  Yuanjiagang Xiejiawan  Loop  Yangjiaping Zoo Dayancun Depot Dayancun Mawangchang Ping'an Dadukou Xinshancun Tiantangbao Mt. Zhongliang Branch Banshan  5  Tianba Zhongliangshan West Jianqiao Jinjiawan Liujiaba Baijusi Baijusi Depot Yudong Bridge across Yangtze River Dajiang Yudong  3  Line 3 to Jiangbei Airport

The former logo of Line 2, which bears resemblance to Happy Mac

Line 2 of CRT runs southeastward from Jiaochangkou to Yudong. 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 Zoo to Xinshancun, and on 30 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 Jiefangbei, 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.

Opening timeline

Service routes

• Jiaochangkou — Tiantangbao
• Jiaochangkou — Yudong

Current Stations

References