In China, the train passes directly through the residential building

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In Chongqing, one of China's largest cities of China, one of the monorail lines passes right through the apartment building. Its occupants can board a train at the Lisiba station, which occupies two floors of the house — seventh and eighth

This solution — the result of a compromise: thanks to him it became possible not to demolish the entire building for the sake of a new monorail line. A representative of the Department of Urban Transport said: "Our city is very densely built up, and finding a place for new roads is becoming a daunting task."

In the city of Chongqing in the southeast of China live 49 million people on an area of 80 thousand square kilometers — In this territory, the Netherlands can double-fold (for comparison, 12 million Moscow occupies 2,500 square kilometers). In this situation, city planners have to creatively approach the distribution of space.

Chongqing — The largest of the four cities of central subordination in China, it is located at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialling rivers. It is called the Mountain City for a steep hilly terrain.