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Liziba Station is the next stop
The unique landscape of "monorail through the building" of Liziba has inserted the "wings" of cultural tourism for Chongqing Rail Transit Line 2. As a must-take rail transit line for tourists coming to Chongqing, in addition to Liziba Station, Line 2 also passes through a number of popular tourist destinations, which string together the city's past and present life and cultural stories, and also bring new opportunities, new advantages and new momentum to the development of Yuzhong, Jiulongpo, Dadukou and Banan.
Number reading line 2
Photo/Wu Hang
Opening time
On June 18, 2005, it was the first urban rail transit line in Chongqing and the first straddle monorail line in China.
Overview of the route
The whole line is roughly in an inverted L-shaped direction, starting from Jiaochangkou Station in the east and reaching Yudong Station in the south, with an operating mileage of 31.36 kilometers. There are 25 stations, including 22 elevated stations and 3 underground stations.
Transfers
You can transfer with Lines 1, 3, 10, 18 and Circle Lines.
Popular station
Linjiangmen Station (63,300 passengers per day), Yangjiaping Station (55,900 passengers per day), and Jiaochangkou Station (43,600 passengers per day).
Label 1 connects 4 major business districts
Jiefangbei business district
Daping business district
Yangjiaping business district
Dadukou Jiugongmiao business district
According to the statistics of Lianshang.com, the first major shopping mall in Chongqing in 2023 is China Resources Mixc in Yangjiaping business district, with 6.74 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.69%, followed by Longhu Times Paradise Street in Daping business district, with sales of 5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11%. The first two shopping malls are in the business district of Line 2, which highlights the great advantages and potential of Line 2 in terms of commercial value due to the flow of people and the characteristics of the line.
Label 2 Best City Views
Huanghuayuan Station: Enjoy the neon of the city
Niujiaotuo Station: Look at six cars in the same frame
Liziba Station: View the monorail through the building
Fotuguan Station: Take the train to spring
Ping'an Station: The train "runs on the head"
As the city's first rail transit line to open operation, Line 2 has witnessed Chongqing's growth in the past 19 years; As one of the few above-ground rail lines along the river, Line 2 is surrounded by mountains on one side and the river on the other, with beautiful scenery and a different kind of track scenery.
Vitality "Next Stop"
With the popularity of Liziba's "monorail through the building", Line 2 has become a super popular route in Chongqing. In addition to the "monorail through the building", on Line 2, the "next station" of Liziba also has strong cultural and tourism strength, which is worth a "kick".
Jiaochangkou Station
As of May 20, 2024, the average daily passenger flow in and out of Jiaochangkou Station ranked third on Line 2, with an average daily passenger flow of 43,600 passengers. As the transfer station of Line 1 and Line 2, Jiaochangkou Station has opened a total of 10 entrances and exits, which is currently the station with the most entrances and exits among all stations of Chongqing rail transit.
Eighteen ladders / Liu Chang
Entrances 1 and 2 are connected to the ASE Center shopping mall. Entrances 4 and 5 are located near Zhongxing Road, and you can go to Zhongxing Road thrift trading market to Taobao.
To go to the 18th Ladder, you can exit from Entrance 3, 4 and 11. According to the data, in the first three days of the "May Day" holiday in 2024, the number of tourists received by the 18th Ladder exceeded 484,000, a year-on-year increase of 30%, and the highest day was nearly 200,000 people, and foreign tourists accounted for 7%.
The Jiaochangkou Night Market outside Entrance 6 is a good place for young people; Entrance No. 9 is located in the proud world, and you can walk to Bayi Road Food Street along the road; If you want to go to China's first urban passenger elevator, the Kaixuan Road Elevator, you need to exit the station from Entrance 10.
Linjiangmen Station
As of May 20, 2024, Linjiangmen Station is the station with the largest average daily passenger flow on Line 2, with an average daily passenger flow of 63,300 passengers. Get off at Linjiangmen Station, not only can you go to Kuixing Tower to experience the magical experience of "you think you are on the 1st floor, but you are actually on the 22nd floor", but you can also go directly to two famous tourist destinations in Chongqing - Liberation Monument and Hongya Cave.
Hongya Cave Photo/Chen Ye
From the multiple entrances and exits of Linjiangmen Station is the Liberation Monument, and foreign tourists, urban white-collar workers, and business elites will gather at Linjiangmen Station. The Liberation Monument is not only a landmark building in Chongqing, but also a symbol of Chongqing's history and culture, and the most prosperous commercial area in Chongqing, with a total annual sales volume of tens of billions of yuan.
From the No. 2 entrance and exit of Linjiangmen Station, walk about 700 meters to Hongya Cave. Hongya Cave, formerly known as Hongya Gate, is one of the ancient city gates of Chongqing, and its dazzling night view attracts many tourists to check in. According to relevant statistics, during the May Day holiday in 2024, the Hongyadong Folk Customs Area will rank first in the number of tourists received by the city's scenic spots by virtue of receiving 624,000 tourists.
Zengjiayan Station
Get off at Zengjiayan Station, you can check in at the rail station on the country's first bridge, and then you can reach the People's Auditorium, the Three Gorges Museum and Zhongshan 4th Road.
The auditorium is an antique national building complex, one of the top ten cultural symbols in Chongqing, one of the unique landmark buildings in Chongqing, and a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.
Directly opposite the auditorium is the China Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing. The museum has a collection of more than 120,000 sets of cultural relics and more than 18,000 rare books, covering 35 categories of cultural relics.
Zhongshan 4th Road is known as "the most beautiful street in Chongqing", and Zhongshan 4th Road is one of the filming locations of the movie "Young You". Historical relics such as the Zhou Mansion, the Special Garden, and the Guiyuan Garden are preserved here.
Zhou Mansion Photo/Fan Yu
Xie Jia Wan Station
The vicinity of Xiejiawan Station is an urban hub integrating shopping, leisure, culture and entertainment, and the passenger flow has risen rapidly in the past two years.
From the No. 6 entrance and exit, you will directly enter one of Chongqing's fashionable and high-end trendy business districts - Chongqing China Resources Mixc.
All the way out of the southern district of Vientiane City, you can see the three words "Democracy Village" in the distance. After the renovation, the Democracy Village not only retains the urban style of old Chongqing, but also integrates modern fashion elements, and has become a quiet place in the bustling city.
Democracy Village
From the No. 1 entrance and exit station, walk for a few minutes to the bottom of the Egongyan Bridge, you can go to the Chongqing Jianchuan Museum Tribe, and visit the museum in the air-raid shelter. Half a day may not be enough time here.
166 ships in the Jianchuan Maritime Frontier Museum in Chongqing
The "husband and wife bridge" located on Xie Xiaolu - Egongyan Bridge and Egongyan Rail Bridge show the unique charm of Chongqing, an 8D city, and are a paradise for photography enthusiasts.
Egongyan Bridge and Egongyan Rail Bridge
Yangjiaping Station
The station is located in Yangjiaping business district and can be transferred to Line 18 outside the station. According to the data, as of May 22, the average daily passenger flow of Yangjiaping Station was 55,900, ranking second among all stations of Line 2.
Yangjiaping Station has two entrances and exits, one is connected to Qinghaihui Shopping Plaza, and the other is connected to Chongqing's first Jingdong Mall. A few minutes after leaving the station, you can visit Yangjiaping Pedestrian Street, Longhu Xicheng Tianjie and so on.
Rail Transit Line 2 passes through Yangjiaping Pedestrian Street Photo/Gou Rongjie
In recent years, after the transformation and upgrading of Yangjiaping business district, Jiulongmen, Jiulongyin, and Democracy Village have become new check-in places. In particular, the train of Line 2 passes through the "Nine Dragon Gate" in Yangjiaping Pedestrian Street, which has become another unique landscape of Chongqing's transportation and tourism integration, attracting many photography enthusiasts, Internet bloggers and tourists to check in.
Zoo Station
Zoo Station Photo/Pan Yanmou
Get off the bus from here and walk for three or four minutes to Chongqing Zoo. On March 11, 2024, Chongqing Zoo announced that the population of giant pandas in Chongqing Zoo reached 22, ranking first among zoos in the country.
During the Spring Festival in 2024, Chongqing Zoo received a total of 645,000 visitors, and during the May Day period, it received a total of 451,000 visitors, a year-on-year increase of 6.12%.
Tan Son Village Station
Xinshancun Station is located in the core area of Dadukou Jiugongmiao business district, and it is also the closest rail transit station to the business district.
The new Tianze International Plaza on the pedestrian street is a comprehensive experiential shopping center, integrating seven theme functions of life, shopping, food, leisure, entertainment, fashion and sports; There is also a special food street next to the pedestrian street of Jiugongmiao business district - Park No. 1, which is a good place for many diners to gather and eat; Not far from the pedestrian street of Jiugongmiao business district, there are more than 80 kinds of entertainment projects such as trampoline, devil slide, rock climbing, etc., for you to play uncontrollably.
China Virtue Park Photo/Liu Jia
Dadukou District used to be a "ten-mile steel city" distributed along the Yangtze River, and around the transformation of the old national industrial base, Dadukou District is actively promoting the transformation of "embroidery belt" into "show belt". Today, the Chongqing Tchaikovsky Conservatory has landed on the Diaoyuzui Peninsula in Dadukou District, and around the landing of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Dadukou District will also launch a number of representative major cultural and tourism projects.
In addition, Dadukou District has also achieved leapfrog growth in Chongqing's small noodle industry. In 2023, the food and agricultural product processing industry in Dadukou District, which is dominated by Chongqing small noodles, will achieve a revenue of 5.08 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 109%.
At present, with the opening of Rail Transit Line 18, the number of rail transit lines in Dadukou has reached 4, and it is believed that the development of the region will be better and better in the future.
Hakujuji Station
Chongqing Baijusi Yangtze River Bridge, which passes through Chongqing Rail Transit Line 18, is known as the Chongqing version of the "Star Gate" by citizens and tourists because of its unique water drop shape and majestic pier design. However, near Baijusi Station of Line 2, there is also a "net red bridge" - Yudong Yangtze River Bridge.
Chongqing version of "Stargate" Photo/Liu Tingting
From Baijusi Station, walk about 600 meters to the Yudong Yangtze River Bridge. The bridge has a total of 8 lanes, two of which are the tracks of Chongqing Rail Transit Line 2, with 3 lanes on each side of the track, forming a peculiar landscape of "running cars on both sides and running trains in the middle".
Uodong Station
Not far from the station is Bloomage LIVE Fish Cave, which is the venue for concerts by world-renowned artists and a popular place for citizens to participate in various cultural activities. According to the data, the annual passenger flow of Bloomage LIVE Yudong exceeds 10 million, and the large-scale performance activities held account for 53% of the whole city of Chongqing. Since 2024, Jacky Cheung, Lin Zhixuan, Zhang Liangying, Li Jian, etc. have held concerts here. According to the event calendar released by Bloomage LIVE Yudong, starting in June 2024, concerts by well-known artists such as Su Youpeng and Andy Lau will be ushered in one after another.
In May this year, Bloomage LIVE Yudong was awarded the "Commercial Street with Chinese Characteristics", which is also the first commercial street with Chinese characteristics in Chongqing. In this regard, Zhong Tao, deputy secretary of the Banan District Party Committee and acting head of the district government, said that Banan will take this as a driving force to fully support Bloomage to build a performing arts highland in the Bashu Cultural Tourism Corridor and a national-level cultural and tourism consumption gathering area.
Bloomage LIVE Fish Cave Picture/Huang Linhong
Future prospects
The "Next Stop" of Transportation and Travel Integration
According to the Chongqing Municipal Transportation Commission, Chongqing is the first batch of pilot cities for the construction of a transportation power. Liziba Station is just a microcosm of the integrated development of Chongqing rail transit and tourism, on Line 2, there are many "next stations" of Liziba in the future, such as the night of Huanghuayuan Station, the cultural history of Zengjiayan Station, the animal home of Zoo Station, the "roller coaster" of Ping'an Station, the car monorail race of Baijusi Station, etc., all have broad prospects for the development of cultural tourism.
In an interview with the media, Le Mei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Chongqing Rail Group, said that in the future, Chongqing Rail Transit will continue to strengthen the integrated development of transportation and tourism, transform and upgrade the Liziba Chuanlou Internet celebrity station, build a zoo panda-themed station, increase the development of cultural and creative products, and continuously enhance the subsidiary value of rail transit
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