China has some of the fastest growing cities in the world. Chongqing, in Southwest China, has 8.2 million people packed into the city centre, which is less than 500sq km in size.
So it’s difficult to make the room to lay train tracks – especially with high-rise buildings all around. So instead of going over, around or under, engineers came up with an idea: to put a railway line through a block of apartments.
While it seems totally crazy and you’d expect it to make life for residents of the 19-storey building unbearable, it’s anything but – the building is fitted with noise-reducing technology that means the train is supposed to make about the same amount of noise as a dishwasher.
In addition, those living in the building can actually catch the train from that point on the track, with those on the sixth floor able to jump on from practically just outside their front door.
28 Responses
This is great because it helps the traffic and is easier for many people like elderly people who cant drive just step out there door and go on the train rather than walking up and down stairs.
I think this is great news
i don’t make that much noise
Trains going out and Into a 6 story building!!? Awesome China!
cool they are smarty
That cant be true
Well that’s cool
this is pretty funny???
Wow how’s that possible
Cool ? I wish that was me on the sixth floor ??
this is so cool
Firefighter giving mouth to mouth crazy wicked.
wow that is amazing
I wish that we could do that here.
wow
but…. isn’t that kind of dangerous
I don’t think that’s a really good idea- if you lived right next to the railway, you would hear it zooming past day and night! The apartments must be a bit cheaper in that area!
Wouldn’t it be scary to step out your door and see a train rushing past? 😀
That is awesome!
we should do that in NZ
I don’t think that’s a really good idea- if you lived right next to the railway, you would hear it zooming past day and night! The apartments must be a bit cheaper in that area!
+1
much train. very apartment. so railway. wow
i hope people didn’t get hurt
UHM?
Huh..
Woooooooooooow????????????
hahahahahahahahahaha
Is that a train station?
That is sad as… did the people die? I should think about that.