Liziba Monorail Station
The monorail that passes through a residential tower; viewing deck below.
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- trains 06:30-22:30
- Ticket
- free (ride 2-5 CNY)
- Suggested visit
- 30-60 min
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
Why it's worth it
The metro station that runs through a building — Line 2's monorail pierces the 19-storey Liziba residential block between floors six and eight, trains sliding through living rooms every few minutes since 2005. The city swallowed the railway and carried on.
Don't miss
- The train-entering-building moment from the street-level viewing deck — free theatre every three minutes
- Standing inside a middle carriage as the corridor of flats flashes past the windows
- The old stairwell murals about the station's construction story
Getting there
Line 2 to Liziba station; the viewing deck is at street level below the block, signed from Exit 2.
Tips
- Trains run both directions — catch one through the building, then watch the next from below
- Morning and late afternoon have the best light on the facade; midday flattens it
- It's residential: the deck crowd is welcome, the stairwells are not
Photos
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