By Xinyi Li, EDITOR

The North Station of Jialing River Cableway (North Station for short) in Jiangbeizui CBD having stopped operation for eight years has recently taken on a new look.

On June 8, facades of the whole building outside the North Station were completely painted, looking brand-new but maintaining its original color scheme. However, its inside is still under renovation, with updated wall spaces and handrails.

As the first urban cross-river passenger cableway in China, the North Station of Jialing River Cableway, under renovation, will turn into a museum

Jialing River Cableway, the first urban cross-river passenger cableway in China, was listed into the second batch of municipal cultural relics protection units in Chongqing in January 2010. At 7:35 p.m., February 28, 2011, the North Station carried its last batch of passengers, marking the official suspend of the cableway’s operation history.

The old photo of Jialing River Cableway

At present, the building conservation and utilization engineering of the North Station is underway.

The inside of North Station

According to the tender notice, the project includes maintaining and protecting municipal cultural relics buildings, protecting cultural relics in terms of security, fire protection and lightning protection, installing water and electricity facilities, ventilation and air conditioning system and elevators, decorating the museum and arranging exhibitions, and improving the environment in the protection coverage of the cultural relics.

Afterward, the North Station will be built into a cableway museum and display some parts of Jialing River Cableway as cultural relics to citizens and tourists, with the old cable car as its most precious treasure.

Source: Chongqing Morning News