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Chongqing Trolleybus Overhead Map, 1983

This map also shows the location of the three urban funicular railways, and the aerial cableway across the Jialing River.

 

The Chongqing trolleybus system was opened on 1955 December 24. It was closed on 2004 May 23.

 

The first metro line in Chongqing, using monorail technology, was started in 1999 and opened on 2005 June 18. Today, Chongqing has four metro lines (two monorail, two conventional rail) with a total system length of 168.0 km. Extensions, and three new lines under construction will add 148.3 km during 2014-2017. Long-term plans outline expansion to a 17-line urban and suburban system with a total system length of 820 km.

 

Annual passenger traffic was 310 million (at 2012).

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Taken in March 1988