A light railway track has been built to go through a hole in a residential¹ 19-storey building in China.

中国，一列轻轨从当地一幢19层的居民楼中穿过。

The city of Chongqing in the south-east of the country has a population of 49 million packed into 31000 square miles causing urban planners to look creatively at solving space issues.

位于中国东南部的重庆，人口4900万，面积31000平方英里，当地的规划者们采用了创造性的方法来解决空间问题。

A special railway station was built into the block of houses set into the sixth to eighth floors.

一个特别的轻轨站被建造在了一幢居民楼里的第六至第八层之间。

Residents can hop² on Chongqing Rail Transit³ No.2 at their own Liziba station.

当地居民可以在李子坝站搭乘轻轨二号线。

Even though they are living in close quarters to a busy train station any noise has been muffled⁴ by special equipment.

虽然他们生活在繁忙的轻轨站旁，但是轻轨站的噪音却被特种设备消除了。

To homeowners in the complex the sound of the train is designed to be as disturbing as the noise from a dishwasher.

对楼里的的居民来说，轻轨的噪音被设计成如同家里的洗碗机一样。

By doing this planners avoided having to take the whole building down to make way for the train tracks.

通过这种方式，规划者们避免了为了给轻轨让路而不得不拆除整幢建筑的问题。

A city transport spokesman said: 'Our city is very heavily built upon and that can make finding room for roads and railway lines a real challenge.'

一名城市交通发言人表示：“我们的城市建筑十分拥挤，找到道路和轻轨线的建设空间确实是个挑战。”