Tickets and booking
Standard tickets cost 30 RMB one-way or 50 RMB round-trip, valid every day of the year, and children under 1.3 m in height ride free. Paying with a local transit IC card earns a discount on one-way single trips. The data pack lists no online-booking channel, so the reliable move is to confirm current ticketing details by phone at 023-68816888 before you go. Opening hours are 08:00-21:00 from December 1 to the end of February and 08:00-22:00 from March 1 to November 30, though the listing flags these as reference-only and defers to official announcements.
Entrance and routes
The station listed in the pack is at No. 151 Xinhua Road, Yuzhong District, in central Chongqing — treat this as your arrival reference point. By metro, take Rail Transit Line 1 to Xiaoshizi station and leave through Exit 5; the walk is only about 30 m. By bus, routes 346, 476, 871, 881, 0491 and T019 all stop at Xinhua Road station, from which it is a walk of roughly 45 m. Either way, you are steps from the entrance, so no long approach is needed.
Photo spots
The ride itself is the photo: the cabins cross high above the Yangtze, so the river and the Chongqing riverfront fill the windows on both sides. Take a window position and shoot on both legs of a round trip, since the view reverses on the way back. Evening shooting is easier in the longer season, when hours run to 22:00 (March 1-November 30); in winter the operation closes at 21:00. The pack names no specific viewpoints, so plan around the crossing itself as the main subject.
Timing and crowds
The listing’s suggested duration is under 1 hour, so slot this into a half-day rather than a full day. Hours are 08:00-21:00 daily from December 1 through February 28 and 08:00-22:00 daily from March 1 through November 30. The pack carries no queue or crowd data, so build in buffer time around your target ride; going early in the day or later in the evening keeps you inside operating hours with room to spare. Reconfirm hours on the day — the listing marks them as for reference only.
Walking and effort
Essentially none. This is an aerial cableway, not a trail: the physical demand is a flat, very short walk from transit (about 30 m from Xiaoshizi station Exit 5) plus whatever time you spend waiting. No elevation gain or long walking is involved, which is exactly why the suggested visit is under an hour.
Getting there
- Metro: Chongqing Rail Transit Line 1 to Xiaoshizi station, Exit 5, then about 30 m on foot.
- Bus: routes 346, 476, 871, 881, 0491 and T019 to Xinhua Road station, then a walk of roughly 45 m.
- Destination: No. 151 Xinhua Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing.
Both options drop you within a minute or two of the entrance, so transit is not a bottleneck for a sub-hour visit.
Cost breakdown
- One-way ticket: 30 RMB (standard fare, all year).
- Round-trip ticket: 50 RMB (standard fare, all year).
- Children under 1.3 m: free.
- IC card holders: a discount applies to one-way single rides; the listing notes the discount but does not state the amount.
For budgeting, a round trip for one adult is 50 RMB; choosing one-way in each direction on separate tickets would cost more (60 RMB), so the round-trip fare is the cheaper way to ride both ways.