The train goes through the house. In the Chinese metropolis, the railway was laid right through a residential building

The metro station is located in the building itself. No roar, no powerful vibration - the apartment owners do not regret their choice. And the skyscraper has become a new attraction.

Urban landscape as from the future. In Chongqing, China, the subway train seems to fly straight through high-rise buildings. The transport solution is, to put it mildly, non-standard. Although it could not have been otherwise.

It would seem, what is the metro here? There are no conditions: on the one hand - a large river, on the other - steep hills. And you can't go underground because of the peculiarity of the soil. In addition, there is a very dense building on the surface, windows into windows at home.

And so the Chinese engineers were the first in the world to decide to stretch the branch through the buildings. And even equip a station right inside a residential building.

Monorail platform 150 meters long on the eighth floor of a 19-storey building. The house was designed already taking into account the station in it. On this unprecedented project, Japanese engineers were even invited to help. After all, they also have little space in the country, for example, in Osaka, a city highway was launched through a high-rise. And, of course, the first question that comes to mind: is there a lot of extraneous noise in the house?

“No more noise than a washing machine. If the wheels of an ordinary metro are metal, then the monorail has rubber, there is practically no sound from their contact with the tracks. In addition, we have developed a special design of the structure, in which the upper building is separated from the monorail system, although they seem to be a single structure, ”says the project architect of the Ye Hong station.

“There were doubts, they were afraid that there would be a roar. Nobody believed in the persuasion of the builders, so the apartments were very cheap at first. What we took advantage of and did not lose! " - the owner of one of the apartments, Li Xuan, rejoices.

Now the price per square meter in this house is the highest in the area. What used to scare away buyers now attracts. Isn't this a dream of a metropolitan resident - he left the metro and is already at home!

“There is very little free real estate there now. Despite the price, apartments do not stay in our database anyway. And buyers of all ages, ”says realtor Ma Gang.

These girls rent an apartment for two directly above the station. Both often stay late at work. They say that living here is also safe - you don't have to return home along the dark streets.

“We are not worried about each other, you always know exactly when you will return home,” says one of the girls.

“Yes, very comfortable and quiet. In addition, everyone in the city knows this house, ”adds another.

“I just arrived in the city yesterday. And today, the first thing here is to look at this amazing structure! " - says the tourist.

"Not so much beautiful as interesting in terms of architectural solutions!" - notes a tourist, a student of the Faculty of Architecture.

This is not an old building; there are no commemorative plaques and sculptures on the facade. And this address cannot be found in the guidebook yet. But there are tourists at every step of the house. A similar project - a station in a building - was tried on both in Shanghai and Hong Kong. But this house is still the only one in the whole world!

In Chongqing, one of China's largest cities by population, one of the monorail lines runs right through an apartment building. Its residents can board the train at Liziba Station, which occupies two floors of the house - the seventh and eighth.

The monorail line is constructed to pass through an opening in a 19-storey residential building. The nearest walls of the apartments are in contact with the tunnel, and the distance to the side and bottom windows does not even reach a meter.

Although the locals live practically in a busy station, the noise from the trains is suppressed by special equipment. The Daily Mail claims that this sound does not disturb residents any more than a working dishwasher, but, according to other sources, people complain of noise and headaches.

This decision is the result of a compromise: thanks to it, it became possible not to demolish the entire building for the sake of a new monorail line. A spokesman for the city's transport department said: "Our city is very densely built up and finding a place for new roads is becoming a challenge."

The city of Chongqing in southeastern China is home to 49 million people on an area of 80 thousand square kilometers - this territory can fit the Netherlands twice (for comparison, the 12 millionth Moscow occupies 2,500 square kilometers). In such a situation, urban planners have to be creative in the distribution of space.

In the Chinese metropolis Chongqing extremely dense buildings make it almost impossible to implement new architectural or engineering projects. Therefore, designers sometimes have to make rather extreme decisions. So, in one of the districts of the city, you can see how the monorail goes right through the 19-storey building.

Chongqing's topography is rather complex. The metropolis has many hills, for which it was nicknamed "Mountain City". In addition, there is a very dense building there. This is exactly the problem that architects and engineers faced when laying the monorail line. When a 19-storey residential building stood in their way, which could not be rounded or demolished in any way, an ingenious solution came to the designers' mind: to build a railway through the building. The monorail runs through a hole between the 7th and 8th floors. They also equipped a stop for passengers there.

The constructed tunnel is in contact with the walls of the apartments. Many are interested in the question: are the residents of the house worried about the rumble from the train. The developers claim that the noise (60 decibels) from the train passing through the house gives people as much anxiety as someone else's conversation at the next table in the restaurant.

According to the developers, the construction of a monorail on this section was a risky business, but it paid off with interest.

A train passing through a residential building is not the most original that the Chinese could come up with. Opened in Hubei last year

8 trains that pass through the most unusual places.

Most people are used to what a classic railroad looks like. But in reality, as it turns out, there may be options. There are places where railway tracks pass right under the windows of houses, follow the sea surface and even along the runway. And this is not a complete list of car oddities.

1. Train passing through the Bloomer section

California, USA

When the first plans to build a railroad near Obernai, California (in the early 1860s), it seemed impossible, as it was necessary to build a 30-meter high and 150-meter long wooden flyover across a deep ravine, as well as "cut the path" in the local hills. When the Bloomer Cut was completed in 1864, it was hailed as "the eighth wonder of the world." Surprisingly, the section of the railway passing through the hill has survived to this day.

2. Train passing through a residential building

China

With the unique topography and high building density of Chongqing, one of the most populous cities in China, architects and urban planners had to come up with a unique way to develop the city's vital monorail line. Their decision surprised the whole world - trains pass right through a 19-storey residential building. From the north, east and south, the city is surrounded by the Daba, Wushan, Wulin and Dalu mountains, and most of the urban area essentially lies on the mountain slopes.

This, combined with the lack of free space due to the high building density (population about 49 million), has made infrastructure development a real challenge. In 2004, during the continuation of the monorail branch, the authorities faced a problem: either to demolish the entire residential building and make room for the monorail, or to make a tunnel right through the house. As a result, the second option was chosen.

3. Train passing along a narrow street

Vietnam

Almost always at the entrance to the railway there are special signals and barriers that warn passers-by and drivers about approaching trains. However, what to do if the rails run a few steps from the front door. This is exactly what you can see in Hanoi. On a busy street in the old quarter of the city, people live and work side by side with the railway tracks, which run literally a meter from the walls of houses. The shops here are closed for the duration of the train.

4. Train passing along the top of the dam

Germany

Hindenburgdamm is an 11-kilometer dam between the island of Sylt and mainland Germany. It was opened in 1927 exclusively for rail service. Before the dam was built, communication with the island depended on the "grace" of the ebb and flow, and in winter the Wadden Sea froze over completely, making crossing impossible.

The crossing took about six hours, and in adverse weather and tidal conditions it lasted even longer. As a result, it was decided to build a railway embankment, through which more than 100 trains pass every day. 50 of them transport cars as there is no road to Sylt.

5. Project of a 21,000-kilometer railway from China to the USA

China / Russia / Canada / USA

China plans to build an ambitious 21,000-kilometer rail line to launch bullet trains to America via Russia. At the same time, the crossing of the Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska involves the construction of a 200-kilometer underwater tunnel under the Pacific Ocean.

The proposed railway line will begin in China, pass through Siberia, under the Bering Strait, through Alaska and Canada, and end in the United States. The Chinese hope that trains on this line will be able to reach speeds of 350 km / h, which will allow passengers to travel from China to the United States in less than two days.

6. The world's longest railway tunnel

UK / France

The world's longest and deepest railway tunnel was officially opened in Switzerland in 2016, after two decades of construction work. The 57 km long Gotthard Base Tunnel provides a high-speed rail link across the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe. In second place is the 53.9-kilometer Japanese Seikan railway tunnel, and in third is the 50.5-kilometer Eurotunnel linking the UK and France under the English Channel.

7. Train passing the spiral viaduct

Switzerland

In the Swiss commune of Brusio, you can find a nine-arch single-track railway bridge that bends in a loop. Like most spiral tracks, it was built to change the height of the railroad tracks. The viaduct is 110 meters long and has a longitudinal slope of 7%.

8. Train passing on the runway

New Zealand

Gisborne Regional Airport is located on the western outskirts of Gisborne in New Zealand. It is one of the few airports in the world to see a train line crossing the runway. This is where trains stop in front of the GDP when planes take off and land. Vineyard Airport in Tasmania also had a railroad crossing on the runway, but the route was closed in early 2005 due to the almost complete retirement of rail services.

In Chongqing, one of China's largest cities by population, one of the monorail lines runs right through an apartment building. Its residents can board the train at Lisiba station, which occupies two floors of the house - the seventh and eighth.

Chongqing is the largest of the four centrally controlled cities in China, located at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialingjiang rivers. It is called the Mountain City for its steep hilly terrain.