Chongqing East railway station

High-speed rail hub on the south-eastern edge of Chongqing, China. See Chongqing.

At a glance

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China Built a City Sized Train StationThe B1MsubjectA 1.22-million-square-metre station built on a mountainside in 38 months.

China Built a City Sized Train Station — The B1M (2026)

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no other train station lives up to the ludicrous size of Chongqing East.

  • Role: subject
  • In the video: The station sits on a mountainside about 20 km from downtown, with 15 platforms over eight floors and a 120,000 m² roof on tree-shaped columns; it was built in 38 months with the help of construction robots.
  • Why it matters: The station is the whole video, an example of the scale of China’s high-speed rail build-out.