page_title: Chongqing
section_title: Railways
hierarchical_section_title: Chongqing / Transport / Railways
context_page_description: Chongqing, formerly romanized as Chungking, is a megacity in southwest China. Administratively, it is one of the four municipalities under the direct administration of central government of the People's Republic of China, and the only such municipality located far away from the coast. The municipality of Chongqing, which is around the size of Austria, includes the city of Chongqing and various non-connected cities. As the Chongqing municipality government directly administers the city of Chongqing, as well as rural counties, and other cities not connected to the city of Chongqing, Chongqing municipality can technically claim to be the largest city proper in the world, even though this is due to a classification technicality and not because it is actually the world's largest urban area.
  Chongqing was a municipality during the Republic of China administration, within the Sichuan Province. It served as its wartime capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War, being one of the world's anti-fascist command centers. The current municipality was separated from Sichuan province on 14 March 1997 to help develop the central and western parts of China.
context_section_description: Major train stations in Chongqing:
  Chongqing railway station in Yuzhong, accessible via Metro Lines 1 & 3 (Lianglukou Metro station), is the city's oldest railway station and located near the city centre. The station handles mostly long-distance trains. There are plans for a major renovation and overhaul of this station, thus many services have been transferred to Chongqing North Railway Station.
  Chongqing North railway station is a station handling many long-distance services and high-speed rail services to Chengdu, Beijing and other cities. It was completed in 2006 and is connected to Metro Line.
  Chongqing West railway station is in Shapingba, a station handling many long-distance services and high-speed rail services to many cities. It is completed in 2018.
  Shapingba railway station is in Shapingba, near Shapingba CBD, accessible via Metro Line 1. It handles many local and regional train services. It is completed in 2018.
  Chongqing is a major freight destination for rail with continued development with improved handling facilities. Due to subsidies and incentives, the relocation and construction of many factories in Chongqing has seen a huge increase in rail traffic.
  Chongqing is a major rail hub regionally.
  Chengdu–Chongqing railway to Chengdu
  Sichuan-Guizhou railway to Guiyang
  Xiangyang–Chongqing railway to Hubei
  Chongqing–Huaihua railway to Hunan
  Chongqing-Suining railway (Sichuan province)
  Chongqing-Lichuan railway to Hubei
  Chongqing–Lanzhou railway (Gansu) railway
caption: Chongqing funicular railway
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