Chongqing Taxi, Cableway & Escalator

The official taxis in Chongqing are yellow. One taxi can accept four passengers at a time. To reduce the difficulty of taking a taxi at peak times, the Ministry of Communications in Chongqing has regulated that passengers can share taxis. At some stations there is an organized system for sharing taxis to go to the city center. Passengers take a direction card and the staff will arrange taxi sharing for. 

Taxis in Chongqing

The easiest way to explain the charging is with an example: if two persons share a taxi and one gets out, he just pays 80 percent of the price on the meter. When the other gets out he pays the same as the first person plus whatever extra has gone on the meter since the first person got out. 
 

Flag-down Rate	CNY 10 for the first 3 kilometers (2 miles)
Unit Fare	1. CNY2/km over 3km in the daytime 2. CNY2.3/km from 23:00 to 06:00 the next day
Low-Speed Drive and Waiting Fare	Extra CNY1 for each 5mins' waiting or driving with the speed of lower than 12km/h.
Empty-run Fee	CNY3.45/km for the extra distance beyond 25 kilometers (15.5 miles)

 

Destination	Distance	Fare from Chongqing Railway Station
Chaotianmen Dock	5 kilometers (3 miles)	CNY 15 - 20
Chongqing Zoo	9.5 kilometers (6 miles)	CNY 20 - 25
Hongya Cave	4.5 kilometers (3 miles)	CNY 15 - 20
Jiefangbei CBD	4 kilometers (2.5 miles)	CNY 10 - 15
Three Gorges Museum	2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles)	CNY 10
North Railway Station	11 kilometers (7 miles)	CNY 20 - 30
West Railway Station	18 kilometers (11 miles)	CNY 35 - 40
East Railway Station	21 kilometers (13 miles)	CNY 40 - 50

 Currently, passengers can pay the taxi fare by cash, Wechat, Alipay and Union Pay. However, the international debit card and credit card like Visa card and MasterCard cannot be accepted nowadays. The Jialing River and the Yangtze River at Chongqing can be crossed by cablecar. The Jialing River Cableway spans the Jialing River and connects CangbaiRoad in the Yuzhong District and Jinsha Street in the Jiangbei District. TheYangtze River Cableway on Xinhua Road crosses the Yangtze River. They run from 07:00 to 22:00. It costs CNY10 per person for a single trip and CNY20 for a round trip and takes four to five minutes one-way to cross the cableways.

Chongqing Passenger Cableway on Yangtze River

Yangtze River Cableway View

 Believe it or not, escalators are part of the transportation system in Chongqing due to its rugged terrain. The escalator (Lianglukou Huangguan Escalator) near Chongqing Railway Station is said to be the second longest in Asia. There is also one on Kaixuan Road. CNY2 is charged for taking the Lianglukou Escalator and CNY1 is charged for taking the one on Kaixuan Road.