Ningbo Rail Transit

Ningbo Rail Transit
Overview
OwnerNingbo Rail Transit Group
LocaleNingbo, China
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines5
Number of stations127
Daily ridership710,000 (2021)[1]
Annual ridership259 million (2021)[1]
Operation
Began operationMay 30, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-05-30)[2]
Operator(s)Ningbo Rail Transit Co., Ltd.
Technical
System length185.3 km (115.14 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Ningbo Rail Transit
Traditional Chinese寧波軌道交通
Simplified Chinese宁波轨道交通
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNíngbō Guǐdào Jiāotōng

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 and Yinzhou.[3] The first phase of Line 1 started construction in June 2009 and began to service the public on May 30, 2014.[2][4] Line 2 began service on September 26, 2015.[5]

Ningbo Rail Transit is the second rapid transit system put into service in Zhejiang Province, after Hangzhou Metro.

  1. ^ a b "运送乘客237.1亿人次,新增运营里程1168公里…2021年城市轨道交通运营成绩单". January 13, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference open was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ (Chinese)宁波市城市快速轨道交通线网规划 Archived January 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Ningbo's first metro line opens". Railway Gazette International. June 3, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  5. ^ "Ningbo opens second metro line". Railway Gazette International. September 28, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2016.