China has constructed a light railway track to go through a
hole in a residential 19-storey building. The railway is built to beat the over
population in Chongqing, which has caused urban planners to look creatively at
solving space issues.
A special railway station was built into the block of
houses, set into the sixth to eighth floors. Residents can hop on
Chongqing Rail Transit No.2 at their own Liziba station.
Even though they are living in close quarters to a busy
train station, any noise has been muffled by special equipment. To
homeowners in the complex, the sound of the train is designed to be as
disturbing as the noise from a dishwasher.
By doing this, planners avoided having to take the whole
building down to make way for the train tracks.
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