Shapingba station explained

Shapingba
Native Name:	沙坪坝
Native Name Lang:	zh-Hans
Style:	CRT
Address:	Shapingba District, Chongqing
Country:	China
Operator:	Chongqing Rail Transit Corp., Ltd
Line:
Platforms:	6 (3 island platforms)
Structure:	Underground
Code:	1/14, 9/04, 环/06
Opened:	(Line 1) (Loop Line) (Line 9)^[1]

Shapingba is a metro station of the Chongqing Rail Transit system in Shapingba District, Chongqing Municipality, China.^[2] ^[3] The station began service on 28 July 2011 with the opening of Line 1 of Chongqing Rail Transit. Until the extension to Daxuecheng was completed and opened in 2012, it operated as the terminus of Line 1. It later was expanded to accommodate two extra metro lines to the south of the Line 1 metro station, to serve the Loop Line (opened on December 28, 2018) and Line 9 (opened on January 25, 2022), but the transfer passage didn't open until 30 September 2022.^[4] Line 27, which is currently under construction, will also serve the station in future.

It also interchanges with the renovated Shapingba railway station, as an Integrated Transport Hub, with connected bus and taxi modes.

Station structure

Line 1

The station serves as the 14th station on the East-West running Line 1. This is an underground station on two levels. The first underground level is for the station hall & ticketing, beneath which is the platform level. The station set up to serve 2 tracks from a single island platform.

B1 Concourse	Exits 1-3, Customer service, Vending machines, Transfer passage to and
B2 Platforms	to
	Island platform
	to

Line 9

Shapingba is the 4th station on this line which runs from the Southwest to the Northeast of the city.

B1 Concourse	Exits 3, 5, 7, 8, Customer service, Vending machines, Transfer passage to and
B2 Platforms	to
	Island platform
	to

Loop line

This is a circular metro line.

B2 Concourse	Exits 4-6, Customer service, Vending machines, Transfer passage to and
B3 Platforms	counterclockwise loop
	Island platform
	clockwise loop

Station exits

Exit 1: Chongqing Normal University (Shapingba Campus), Chongqing Nankai Middle School
Exit 2: Sanxia Square Pedestrian Street
Exit 3: Shapingba railway station, Chongqing VIII Middle School

Near the station

Chongqing Normal University (Shapingba campus)
Chongqing First Secondary School
Chongqing Nankai High School
Chongqing VIII Secondary School
Chongqing Shu Shu Primary School
Chongqing Shapingba District People's Hospital
Shapingba District Cultural Museum
Sanxia Square Pedestrian Street
Shapingba railway station
Sanxia Square Underground Commercial Street

Notes and References

https://www.railwaygazette.com/operations-and-services/chongqing-metro-passes-400-km-as-line-9-opens/60787.article Chongqing metro passes 400 km as Line 9 opens
Web site: 重庆市轨道交通（集团）有限公司 . 11 April 2013 . 15 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130315155324/http://www.cqmetro.cn/wwwroot_release/crtweb/index.shtml . dead .
Web site: Transportation in Chongqing.
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