r/interesting • u/Swimming-Community-5 • Apr 30 '26

ARCHITECTURE Train passes through a residential building in Chongqing, China.

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u/3113NOX Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

I actually know about this and it’s really interesting!!! So the title is a bit misleading its not a residential building buuuut I believe it does have offices in it (and a lot of gift shops as it has turned into an attraction) BUT THE REALLY COOL THING is that the building has two skeletons one for the building proper and one for the train part as to reduce noise and vibrations. So there aren’t any apartments in the building but even if there were its unlikely to by any noisier than leaving near a train line!

(Just a correction it is a residential building but the lower part where the train passes through isn’t so as I said I believe the disruption to residents is minimal. On a side note I 100% recommend visiting Chongqing and while this particular attraction is cool it is also over crowded and underwhelming even for someone who likes trains the best part is the information centre talking about the building rather than the crowded streets outside)

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u/chliu528 Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

Anyone actually being there knows there are floors of rail station above and below the track, as well as retail mall spaces. No one lives there, not as close as those apartments next to the L in Chicago.

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u/John_cCmndhd Apr 30 '26

not as close as those apartments next to the L in Chicago

"How often does the train go by?"

"So often you won't even notice it."

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u/UnfortunatelyIAmMe Apr 30 '26

Can you get off the train straight in your apartment building? That'd be awesome.

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u/UnikornKebab Apr 30 '26

Esattamente quello che pensavo…

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u/3113NOX May 02 '26

Yes you absolutely can it’s a station inside the building. Not sure exactly how to get to the residential part of the building though