Construction of Chongqing’s third railway station will start this year, said Zhang Yuan, chief planner of the municipality’s urban planning bureau. Situated in Shangqiao district, the new station will cover an area of 120,000 sq metres and will become the largest railway station in Chongqing. In future it will serve trains on major north-south routes such as the Lanzhou-Chongqing and Chongqing-Guizhou lines.

Mr Zhang also said that the second runway of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport would be operational later this year.