Line 4 of

Ningbo Rail Transit Ningbo Rail Transit, also known as the Ningbo Metro, is a rapid transit system serving the city of Ningbo, Zhejiang and its suburbs. Six metro lines are being built inside the urban area of Ningbo, serving Haishu, Jiangbei, Zhenhai, Beilun an ...

( zh, s=宁波轨道交通4号线) is a

rapid transit Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...

line in

Ningbo Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...

. It starts from

Cicheng Town Cicheng () is a town in the Jiangbei District of Ningbo in Zhejiang. It is an ancient walled city dating from the 8th century when it was renowned for its handicraft A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft ...

, Jiangbei District, and ends near

Dongqian Lake Dongqian Lake () is a large freshwater lake in Yinzhou District, Ningbo in Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Han ...

in Yinzhou District.Ningbo Environment Protection Design Group. Report of Environment Impact of Line 4, Ningbo Rail Transit. Ningbo. November 2014. The project was approved on November 5, 2013 and opened on December 23, 2020. Construction of Line 4 started in 2011 with the groundbreaking of the North Ring Elevated Expressway with the second deck of the structure being used for Line 4 trains. The rest of the line started construction on November 30, 2015. The line will initially use 36 sets of six car B-type trains with a maximum service speed of .

Route

Line 4 starts from Cicheng Station in

in east-west direction as an elevated line. Then it turns south into the North Outer Ring Expressway where it turns east-west running under the elevated expressway forming a three level structure similar to the northern section of

Shanghai Metro The Shanghai Metro (; Shanghainese: ''Zaon6he5 Di6thiq7'') is a rapid transit system in Shanghai, operating urban and suburban transit services to 14 of its 16 municipal districts and to Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. Served as a part of Shang ...

Line 1. After reaching Jiangbei Avenue, it starts to turn underground and deviates from the viaduct to

Zhuangqiao Railway Station Zhuangqiao railway station is a railway station on the Hangzhou–Ningbo high-speed railway located in Jiangbei District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. Metro station The station is served by Line 4 of Ningbo Rail Transit Ningbo Rail Transit, ...

where it turns south, crosses Yaojiang River and reaches

Ningbo Railway Station Ningbo railway station () is a railway station on the Xiaoshan–Ningbo railway, Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou railway and Hangzhou–Ningbo high-speed railway located in Haishu District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized ...

. Then Line 4 goes along Changchun Road, Xingning Road until it reaches Canghai Road and become north-south again. After reaching Shounan Road it turns into southeast direction and reaches Dongqian Lake, its destination.

Stations

References

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