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Bishan Station (Chongqing Rail Transit)
Bishan is a station on Line 1 of Chongqing Rail Transit in Shuanglong Avenue, Bicheng Subdistrict, Bishan District, Chongqing Municipality, China. The station opened on December 30, 2019. It is CRT's first station to be built outside of the Metropolitan Area of Chongqing. Connections The metro station is connected to the northern terminus of the Bishan rubber-tyred tram. Station Structure Floors Line 1 Platform An island platform is used for Line 1 trains. Line 1 trains can access the Bishan Metro Depot by using the railway junction. The station acts as a reversing station using its scissors crossover A railroad switch (), turnout, or ''set ofpoints () is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off. The most common type ... for trains to switch direction as their service to Bishan terminates. ;Platform Layout ''The railway junction is located ...
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Island Platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on twin-track routes due to pragmatic and cost reasons. They are also useful within larger stations where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be provided from opposite sides of the same platform thereby simplifying transfers between the two tracks. An alternative arrangement is to position side platforms on either side of the tracks. The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms is relatively common when the railway line is in a cutting or raised on an embankment, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platform without walking across the tracks. Advantages and tradeoffs Island platforms are necessary for any station with many th ...
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Line 27 (Chongqing Rail Transit)
Line 27 of Chongqing Rail Transit is a rapid transit line in Chongqing, China. Construction started in February 2022. The line will be long, including underground section and elevated section. Trains will run at a maximum speed of . Line 27 trains will through operate with the Bitong Line and continue to Tongliang Tongliang District () is a district of Chongqing Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which .... The line will feature passing loops for express services. Stations References {{PRChina-metro-stub ...
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Jiandingpo Station
Jiandingpo is a station on Line 1 of Chongqing Rail Transit in Chongqing Municipality, China. It is located in Shapingba District Shapingba () is a district of Chongqing, People's Republic of China, formerly known as Shaci District () during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Sino-Japanese War. It is one of the central parts of Chongqing and covers around 396 square kilometers, w .... It opened in 2014. Station structure References Railway stations in China opened in 2014 Chongqing Rail Transit stations {{Chongqing-railstation-stub ...
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Chaotianmen Station
Chaotianmen is a station on Line 1 of Chongqing Rail Transit in Chongqing Municipality, China. It is located in Yuzhong District and opened on 31 December 2020. Station structure There are an island platform and two side platforms at this station, which adopts the Spanish solution In railway and rapid transit parlance, the Spanish solution is a station layout with two railway platforms, one on each side of the track, which allows for separate platforms for boarding and alighting. Description This platform arrangement allo ... to separate boarding and alighting passengers. References Chongqing Rail Transit stations Railway stations in China opened in 2020 {{Chongqing-railstation-stub ...
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Island Platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on twin-track routes due to pragmatic and cost reasons. They are also useful within larger stations where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be provided from opposite sides of the same platform thereby simplifying transfers between the two tracks. An alternative arrangement is to position side platforms on either side of the tracks. The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms is relatively common when the railway line is in a cutting or raised on an embankment, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platform without walking across the tracks. Advantages and tradeoffs Island platforms are necessary for any station with many th ...
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Scissors Crossover
A railroad switch (), turnout, or ''set ofpoints () is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off. The most common type of switch consists of a pair of linked tapering rails, known as ''points'' (''switch rails'' or ''point blades''), lying between the diverging outer rails (the ''stock rails''). These points can be moved laterally into one of two positions to direct a train coming from the point blades toward the straight path or the diverging path. A train moving from the narrow end toward the point blades (i.e. it will be directed to one of the two paths, depending on the position of the points) is said to be executing a ''facing-point movement''. For many types of switch, a train coming from either of the converging directions will pass through the switch regardless of the position of the points, as the vehicle's wheels will force the points to move. P ...
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Railway Junction
A junction, in the context of rail transport, is a place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge. This implies a physical connection between the tracks of the two routes (assuming they are of the same gauge), provided by ''points'' (US: switches) and signalling. Junctions are important for rail systems, their installation into a rail system can expand route capacity, and have a powerful impact upon on-time performance. Overview In a simple case where two routes with one or two tracks each meet at a junction, a fairly simple layout of tracks suffices to allow trains to transfer from one route to the other. More complicated junctions are needed to permit trains to travel in either direction after joining the new route, for example by providing a triangular track layout. In this latter case, the three points of the triangle may be given different names, for example using points of the compass as well as the name of the overall place. Rail transport operations refer to ...
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Chongqing Rail Transit
The Chongqing Rail Transit (branded as CRT; also known as Chongqing Metro) 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. , CRT consisted of nine lines, with a total track length of . Lines 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and the Loop line are conventional heavy-rail subways, while Lines 2 and 3 are high-capacity monorails. To keep up with urban growth, construction is under way on Line 18 and Jiangtiao line, in addition to extensions to Lines 4, 5, 6, 9, 10. A network of 18 lines is planned. The Chongqing Rail Transit is a unique transit system in China because of the geography of Chongqing being a densely-populated but mountainous city, with multiple river valleys. Two lines use heavy-monorail technology, leveraging the ability to negotiate steep grades and tight curves and rapid transit capacity. They are capable of transporting 32,00 ...
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Bishan District
Bishan () is one of the District (People's Republic of China), districts of Chongqing, China, with a history of over 2000 years. Bishan is west of Chenjiaping in downtown Chongqing. Formerly a county, it became a district on 6 June 2014. Administrative divisions Bishan administers 2 subdistricts of China, subdistricts, 10 Town of China, towns and 1 Townships of the People's Republic of China, township and, with a total area of 915 square kilometers. History Bishan has a recorded history of over 2000 years. *In 316 BC, Jiangzhou County () was established here by the Qin (state), State of Qin. *In 757, Bishan County was established and administered by Yuzhou. *In 1102, Bishan was administered by Gongzhou, which is renamed from Yuzhou. *In 1189, Gongzhou was promoted to Chongqing Fu, which still administered Bishan County. *In 1259, Bishan County was merged into Ba County. *In 1483, Bishan County was re-established. *In 1662, Bishan County was merged into Yongchuan County. *In 1 ...
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Line 1 (Chongqing Rail Transit)
Line 1 of CRT runs westwards from to . Line 1 began operation on 28 July 2011. Line 1 runs from Chaotianmen in downtown Chongqing west to Shapingba, and eventually all the way to Shuangbei for a total length of . It is the city's first all- heavy rail metro 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. An extension from Shapingba to Daxuecheng (University Town) began in 2009 and opened on December 21, 2012 before receiving a short extension from Daxuecheng to Jiandingpo a year later. And an extension, running from Jiandingpo to Bishan also opened on December 30, 2019, making Line 1 the ...
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Metro Station
A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase Train ticket, tickets, board trains, and Emergency evacuation, evacuate the system in the case of an emergency. In the United Kingdom, they are known as underground stations, most commonly used in reference to the London Underground. Location The location of a metro station is carefully planned to provide easy access to important urban facilities such as roads, commercial centres, major buildings and other Transport hub, transport nodes. Most stations are located underground, with entrances/exits leading up to ground or street level. The bulk of the station is typically positioned under land reserved for public thoroughfares or Urban park, parks. Placing the station underground reduces the outside area occupied by the station, allowing vehicles and pedestrians to continue using the ground-le ...
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