Line 2, Chongqing Rail Transit

Line 2, Chongqing Rail Transit
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 Legend Jiaochangkou  1  Linjiangmen Huanghuayuan Daxigou Zengjiayan  10  Niujiaotuo  3  Liziba Fotuguan Daping  1  Yuanjiagang Xiejiawan  0  Yangjiaping Chongqing Zoo Dayancun Depot Dayancun Mawangchang Ping'an Dadukou Xinshancun Tiantangbao Zhongliang Mtn. 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

Line 2 of Chongqing Rail Transit runs southeastward from Jiaochangkou to Xinshancun. 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 Dongwuyuan to Xinshancun, and on 31 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 Jeifangbei, 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.

Service routes

• Jiaochangkou — Tiantangbao
• Jiaochangkou — Chongqing Zoo
• Tiantangbao — Yudong
• Jiaochangkou — Baijusi

Current Stations

Planned

References

Public transportation in Chongqing
Chongqing Rail Transit	Lines in operation Heavy rail  1   6  Heavy monorail  2   3  Lines under construction  0   1  (Extension)  3  (Airport Branch)  4  (Phase I)  5  (Phase I)  6  (International Expo Branch Phase II)  9  (Phase I)  10  Planned lines  7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17  Canceled lines  18
Intercity Rail	Lines in operation Chengdu–Chongqing Lines under construction Chongqing–Wanzhou Xi'an–Chongqing
Transportation Hubs	Airport Chongqing Jiangbei Qianjiang Wulingshan Wanzhou Wuqiao Wushan Shennüfeng Railway stations Chongqing Chongqing North Chongqing East Chongqing West Fuling Qianjiang Wanzhou
China transit: JJJ Beijing Tianjin YRD Shanghai Jiangsu Zhejiang PRD West North East Chengyu Chongqing Chengdu Wuhan Dalian