#Chongqing Monorail

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Chongqing Monorail, China: The Chongqing Rail Transit (Branded as CRT) is the rapid transit system in the city of Chongqing, China. In operation since 2005, it serves the transportation needs of the city's main business and entertainment downtown areas and inner suburbs. The Chongqing Rail Transit is a unique transit system in China. Two lines use heavy-monorail technology, leveraging the ability to negotiate steep grades and tight curves and rapid transit capacity. Wikipedia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liziba_station

Liziba is a monorail station on Line 2 of Chongqing Rail Transit in Chongqing municipality, China. It is located in Yuzhong District and opened in 2005. The station is located on the sixth to eighth floors of a 19-story residential building. It uses specialized noise reduction equipment to isolate station noise from the surrounding residences. Contrary to some misreporting, the station and building were constructed together as one whole structure. The monorail was not retrofitted through the middle of an existing structure.

[fantomaskw]

via Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3 - Chongqing in Southwest China has a monorail system with automated track-changing capabilities

[techtuv]

Chongqing is an expanding municipality located at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers in southwestern China. The city has a population of 33 million, and there is a metro that passes through an apartment building.

Since the city is surrounded by mountains and hills, engineers had to come up with a transportation solution, and they built a metro station (named Liziba Station) inside an apartment block.

Contrary to other reports, the monorail was not built into the structure after the fact; both projects were designed in parallel.

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[crowofwisdom]

monorails have their uses such as in areas with steep grades (ex. chongqing metro) but outside of a few specific use cases they fall flat pretty fast

Should there be more monorails/is it feasible to build more monorails?

It's feasible but in no way a good idea, light rail is just more versatile and cheaper to build

[pasparal]

Lizibai Station, Chongqing, March 18, 2017 Source: Feature China / Barcroft Media

[peterfromtexas]

Photos show a monorail track and station built into an apartment block in Chongqing, China

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Chongqing, China

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You know what? Famous Liziba monorail station in Chongqing is going to install a set of led lights, which will light in HOT POT form. Ahaha, interesting! #hangoutwithdh #china #travelinchina #beautifulchina #chongqing #monorail #travel #traveling#vacation #visiting #instatravel #instago #instagood #trip #holiday #photooftheday #fun #travelling #tourism #tourist #instapassport #instatraveling #mytravelgram #travelgram #travelingram #igtravel (presso Liziba Station) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_E7FL_h5qY/?igshid=1nab160rj5375

[humanoidhistory]

A monorail built to pass through an apartment building in Chongqing, China.

(news.com.au)

[flamingstar30]

Traveling through a sea of spring blossoms in the city. It is the fun this #Chongqing monorail brings to its residents as well as tourists.

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[odditycentrall]

Crowded Chinese City Has Train Passing Straight Through 19-Floor Residential Building

http://www.odditycentral.com/architecture/crowded-chinese-city-has-train-passing-straight-through-19-floor-residential-building.html

[tagong-boy]

Liziba Station (李子坝)

1) Chongqing, China

A light-rail train passes through a 19-storey residential building that also serves as a station in the Chongqing Rail Transit system

Photograph: VCG via Getty Images

from “Best photographs of the day” 19 Mar. 2017 (The Guardian)

2) Monorail right through an apartment block

photo by Eric Beckers

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericbeckers/9243026566

Train track goes right through apartment block

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3y9EkhnUOU

[yuying27]

Chongqing, China, currently the most populous city in the world with 30.17 million residents