Line 3 (Chongqing Rail Transit)

Line 3
	3
Overview
Other name(s)	Line 3b or Airport line (机场线)
Type	Straddle-beam monorail
System	Chongqing Rail Transit
Status	Ltd Operation
Termini	Yudong / Bijin; Jiangbei Airport / Jurenba
Stations	45
Daily ridership	682,800 (2014 Daily Avg.)[1]; 1,080,000 (2016 Peak)[2]
Operation
Opened	29 Sept 2011
Operator(s)	Chongqing Rail Transit Corp., Ltd
Technical
Line length	66 km (41 mi)
Route map
	Caiyuanba Bridge
	across Yangtze River
	Yuao Rail Transit Bridge
	across Jialing River
	S. Square of Chongqing
	N. Railway Station
	Jiangbei Airport
	Terminal 2
	Virtual interchange: transport
	card only, re-entry required.

Interior of a Line 3 train showing open gangway design.

CRT Line 3 (and the branch line branded as Airport line) runs from north to south, linking the districts separated by Chongqing's two main rivers, the Yangtze (Chang Jiang) and Jialing rivers. The first phase of the line began construction on 5 April 2007. The initial segment from Lianglukou to Yuanyang (18 stations, 17.5 km (10.9 mi)) opened on September 29, 2011, with a northern extension from Yuanyang to Jiangbei Airport opening on December 30, 2011^[3] and a southern extension from Ertang to terminus Yudong on December 28, 2012.^[4] At 55.5 km (34.5 mi), plus 9.97 km (6.20 mi) for the Jurenba branch line opened on December 28, 2016, Line 3 is the longest single monorail in the world by track length.^[5]^[6] Line 3 is also the world's busiest monorail line with a daily ridership of over 675,000 passengers per day.^[1]

There are interchange stations in central Yuzhong district for transfer to Jiefangbei CBD with Line 1 at Lianglukou and with Line 2 at Niujiaotuo.

Opening timeline

Segment	Commencement	Length	Station(s)	Name
Lianglukou — Yuanyang	29 September 2011	17.323 km (10.76 mi)	11	Phase 1 & 2 (initial section)
Yuanyang — Changfulu	8 October 2011	4.9 km (3.04 mi)	3	Phase 2 (2nd section)
Ertang — Lianglukou	30 December 2011	8.66 km (5.38 mi)	5	Phase 1 (final section)
Changfulu — Jiangbei Airport		6.9 km (4.29 mi)	4	Phase 2 (final section)
Tongjiayuanzi		Infill station	1
Hongqihegou	1 March 2012	Infill station	1
Zhengjiayuanzi	1 May 2012	Infill station	1
Yudong — Ertang	28 December 2012	16.197 km (10.06 mi)	7	Line 2 & 3 connector project
Gongmao, Tongyuanju	28 December 2012	Infill stations	2
Jinzhu, Huaxi, Chalukou	31 January 2013	Infill stations	3
Longtousi	5 February 2013	Infill station	1
Bijin — Jurenba	28 December 2016	11.0 km (6.84 mi)	6	Airport line

Service routes

Current Stations

Service routes				Station №	Station name		Connections	Distance km		Location
Service routes				Station №	English	Chinese	Connections	Distance km		Location

●				3/01	Yudong	鱼洞	2	0.00	0.00	Ba'nan
●				3/02	Jinzhu	金竹		1.95	1.95
●				3/03	Yuhulu	鱼胡路		1.65	3.60
●				3/04	Xuetangwan	学堂湾		2.25	5.85
●				3/05	Dashancun	大山村		1.65	7.50
●				3/06	Huaxi	花溪		2.30	9.80
●				3/07	Chalukou	岔路口		1.90	11.70
●	●			3/08	Jiugongli	九公里		1.20	12.90
●	●			3/09	Qilong	麒龙		1.00	13.90
●	●			3/10	Bagongli	八公里		1.35	15.25
●	●			3/11	Ertang	二塘		1.35	16.60	Nan'an
●	●			3/12	Liugongli	六公里		1.05	17.65
●	●			3/13	Wugongli	五公里		1.05	18.70
●	●	●		3/14	Sigongli	四公里	Loop	1.05	19.75
●	●	●		3/15	Nanping	南坪	10	1.30	21.05
●	●	●		3/16	Gongmao	工贸		2.25	23.30
●	●	●		3/17	Tongyuanju	铜元局		1.30	24.60
●	●	●		3/18	Lianglukou	两路口	1 CQW	1.85	26.45	Yuzhong
●	●	●		3/19	Niujiaotuo	牛角沱	2	1.05	27.50	Yuzhong
●	●	●		3/20	Huaxinjie	华新街		0.85	28.35	Jiangbei
●	●	●		3/21	Guanyinqiao	观音桥	9	1.15	29.50	Jiangbei
●	●	●		3/22	Hongqihegou	红旗河沟	6	1.50	31.00	Yubei
●	●	●		3/23	Jiazhoulu	嘉州路	4	1.20	32.20
●	●	●		3/24	Zhengjiayuanzi	郑家院子		1.30	33.50
●	●	●		3/25	Tangjiayuanzi	唐家院子		1.00	34.50
●	●	●		3/26	Shiziping	狮子坪		1.05	35.55
●	●	●		3/27	S. Square of Chongqing N. Railway Station	重庆北站南广场	10 Loop YW CUW	0.60	36.15
●	●	●		3/28	Longtousi	龙头寺		1.15	37.30
●		●		3/29	Tongjiayuanzi	童家院子		1.60	38.90
●		●		3/30	Jinyu	金渝		1.65	40.55
●		●		3/31	Jintonglu	金童路		1.20	41.75
●		●		3/32	Yuanyang	鸳鸯		2.25	44.00
●		●		3/33	The EXPO Garden	园博园	5 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1.55	45.55
●		●		3/34	Cuiyun	翠云		1.50	47.05
●		●		3/35	Changfulu	长福路		1.70	48.75
●		●		3/36	Huixing	回兴	9	1.90	50.65
●		●		3/37	Shuanglong	双龙		1.55	52.20
●		●	●	3/38	Bijin	碧津		2.10	54.30
●		●	❘	3/39	Terminal 2 of Jiangbei Airport	江北机场T2航站楼	10 CKG	3.40	57.70
Airport branch
			●	3/40	Shuangfengqiao	双凤桥		2.00	59.70	Yubei
			●	3/41	Konggang Square	空港广场		0.90	60.6
			●	3/42	Gaobaohu	高堡湖		2.05	62.65
			●	3/43	Guanyuelu	观月路		2.80	65.45
			●	3/44	Lianhua	莲花		1.20	66.65
			●	3/45	Jurenba	举人坝		1.60	68.25

↑ Out of system transfer via Garden EXPO Center

References

1 2 "重庆轨道3号线成世界上最繁忙的单轨线". 国际在线. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
↑ "重庆轨道客运量9月30日创新高达到257.4万乘次".
↑ F_100543. "Chongqing Rail Transit Line 3 opens to traffic".
↑ http://www.cqmetro.cn/wwwroot_release/crtweb/ztbd/shx/zxbd/292883.shtml
↑ http://www.cqmetro.cn/wwwroot_release/crtweb/ztbd/shx/index.shtml
↑ "Sina Visitor System".

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[transfer-7] Out of system transfer via Garden EXPO Center

[record-1] 1 2 "重庆轨道3号线成世界上最繁忙的单轨线". 国际在线. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-30.

[2] "重庆轨道客运量9月30日创新高达到257.4万乘次".

[3] F_100543. "Chongqing Rail Transit Line 3 opens to traffic".

[4] ttp://www.cqmetro.cn/wwwroot_release/crtweb/ztbd/shx/zxbd/292883.shtml

[5] ttp://www.cqmetro.cn/wwwroot_release/crtweb/ztbd/shx/index.shtml

[6] "Sina Visitor System".