Line 3, Chongqing Rail Transit

Line 3, Chongqing Rail Transit
Overview
Type	Straddle-beam monorail
System	Chongqing Rail Transit
Status	Ltd Operation
Termini	Yudong Jiangbei Airport
Stations	39
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	55.5 km (34.5 mi)
Route map Legend Line 2 to Jiaochangkou Yudong  2  Jinzhu Yuhu Rd. Daojiao Depot Xuetangwan Dashancun Huaxi Chalukou Jiugongli Qilong Bagongli Ertang Liugongli Wugongli Sigongli  0  Nanping  10  Gongmao Tongyuanju Caiyuanba Bridge across Yangtze River Lianglukou  1  Niujiaotuo  2  Yu'ao Monorail Bridge across Jialing River Huaxin St. Guanyinqiao  9  Hongqihegou  6  Jiazhou Rd.  4  Zhengjiayuanzi Tangjiayuanzi Shiziping S. Square of Chongqing N. Railway Station  0   10  Longtousi Tongjiayuanzi Depot Tongjiayuanzi Jinyu Jintong Rd. Yuanyang The Expo Garden  5  Cuiyun Changfu Rd. Huixing  9  Shuanglong Bijin Jiangbei Airport  10  Airport Branch Shuangfengqiao Airport Square Gaobao Lake Huancheng North Road Depot Guanyue Rd. Lianhua Jurenba

Interior of a Line 3 train showing open gangway design.

Chongqing Rail Transit Line 3 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), 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 the Jeifangbei CBD with Line 1 at Lianglukou and with Line 2 at Niujiaotuo.

Service routes

• Yudong — Jiangbei Airport
• Jiugongli — Longtousi
• Sigongli — Jiangbei Airport

Stations

Service routes			Station Code	Station Name English	Station Name Chinese	Platform Types	Transfer	Location
●			3/1	Yudong	鱼洞	island (elv)	2	Ba'nan
●			3/2	Jinzhu	金竹	side (elv)
●			3/3	Yuhulu	鱼胡路	island (elv)
●			3/4	Xuetangwan	学堂湾	side (elv)
●			3/5	Dashancun	大山村	side (elv)
●			3/6	Huaxi	花溪	side (elv)
●			3/7	Chalukou	岔路口	side (elv)
●	●		3/8	Jiugongli	九公里	island (elv)
●	●		3/9	Qilong	麒龙	side (elv)
●	●		3/10	Bagongli	八公里	side (elv)
●	●		3/11	Ertang	二塘	side (elv)		Nan'an
●	●		3/12	Liugongli	六公里	side (elv)
●	●		3/13	Wugongli	五公里	side (elv)
●	●	●	3/14	Sigongli	四公里	island (elv)	0
●	●	●	3/15	Nanping	南坪	island (und)	10
●	●	●	3/16	Gongmao	工贸	island (und)
●	●	●	3/17	Tongyuanju	铜元局	side (elv)
●	●	●	3/18	Lianglukou	两路口	side (und)	1	Yuzhong
●	●	●	3/19	Niujiaotuo	牛角沱	side (at-grd)	2
●	●	●	3/20	Huaxinjie	华新街	island (elv and und)		Jiangbei
●	●	●	3/21	Guanyinqiao	观音桥	side (und)	9
●	●	●	3/22	Hongqihegou	红旗河沟	island (und)	6	Yubei
●	●	●	3/23	Jiazhoulu	嘉州路	island (und)	4
●	●	●	3/24	Zhengjiayuanzi	郑家院子	island (und)
●	●	●	3/25	Tangjiayuanzi	唐家院子	side (elv)
●	●	●	3/26	Shiziping	狮子坪	side (elv)
●	●	●	3/27	South Square of Chongqingbei Railway Station	重庆北站南广场	side (und)	0   10
●	●	●	3/28	Longtousi	龙头寺	island (und)
●		●	3/29	Tongjiayuanzi	童家院子	side (ground)
●		●	3/30	Jinyu	金渝	side (elv)
●		●	3/31	Jintonglu	金童路	side (elv)
●		●	3/32	Yuanyang	鸳鸯	side (elv)
●		●	3/33	The EXPO Garden	园博园	side (elv)	5  (Garden EXPO Center)
●		●	3/34	Cuiyun	翠云	side (elv)
●		●	3/35	Changfulu	长福路	island (elv)
●		●	3/36	Huixing	回兴	side (elv)	9
●		●	3/37	Shuanglong	双龙	side (elv)
●		●	3/38	Bijin	碧津	2 islands (elv)
●		●	3/39	Jiangbei Airport	江北机场	side (und)	10  (Terminal 2)
			3/40	Shuangfengqiao	双凤桥	side (elv)		Yubei
			3/41	Konggang Square	空港广场	island (und)
			3/42	Gaobaohu	高堡湖	side (elv)
			3/43	Guanyuelu	观月路	island (elv)
			3/44	Lianhua	莲花	side (elv)
			3/45	Jurenba	举人坝	side (elv)

References

1. "重庆轨道3号线成世界上最繁忙的单轨线". 国际在线. 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. http://www.cqmetro.cn/wwwroot_release/crtweb/ztbd/shx/zxbd/292883.shtml
5. http://www.cqmetro.cn/wwwroot_release/crtweb/ztbd/shx/index.shtml
6. "Sina Visitor System".