Line 1, Chongqing Rail Transit

Line 1, Chongqing Rail Transit
Line 1 一号线
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Chongqing Rail Transit
Termini	Chaotianmen Jiandingpo
Stations	24
Daily ridership	574,000 (2014 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)
Route map

Line 1 of Chongqing Rail Transit 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.

Service routes

• Xiaoshizi — Daxuecheng
• Xiaoshizi — Shuangbei

Current stations

Service routes		Station code	Station name English	Station name Chinese	Platform types	Transfer	Location
		1/01	Chaotianmen under construction	朝天门	island (und)		Yuzhong
●	●	1/02	Xiaoshizi	小什字	island (und)	6
●	●	1/03	Jiaochangkou	较场口	island (und)	2
●	●	1/04	Qixinggang	七星岗	island (und)
●	●	1/05	Lianglukou	两路口	island (und)	3
●	●	1/06	Eling	鹅岭	island (und)
●	●	1/07	Daping	大坪	island (und)	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	Gaomiaocun	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)
●	●	1/15	Yanggongqiao	杨公桥	island (und)
●	●	1/16	Lieshimu	烈士墓	island (und)
●	●	1/17	Ciqikou	磁器口	side (elev)
●	●	1/18	Shijingpo	石井坡	side (elev)
●	●	1/19	Shuangbei	双碑	island (elev)
●		1/20	Laijiaqiao	赖家桥	island (elev)
●		1/21	Weidianyuan	微电园	side (elev)
●		1/22	Chenjiaqiao	陈家桥	side (elev)
●		1/23	Daxuecheng	大学城	side (elev)
●		1/24	Jiandingpo	尖顶坡	side (elev)

Planned

Station code	Station name English	Station name Chinese	Platform types	Transfer	Location
1/25	Tuanshanbao	团山堡	(elev)		Bishan
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. "5.1节线网客流量再创新高".
2. Chongqing Metro Line 1 into trial operation
3. http://www.echinacities.com/chongqing/city-in-pulse/chongqing-s-metro-line-1-now-open.html (Chinese)