Nanjing–Tianchang Intercity Railway

Nanjing–Tianchang Intercity Railway 宁天城际轨道交通
Line S8 S8号线
Overview
Type	Suburban metro
Status	In operation
Termini	Taishanxincun Jinniuhu
Stations	26
Operation
Opened	1 August 2014
Character	Underground and elevated
Technical
Line length	45.21 km (28.1 mi)
No. of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)

The Nanjing–Tianchang Intercity Railway, commonly known as the Ningtian Intercity Railway (Chinese: 宁天城际轨道交通; pinyin: Níngtiān Xhéngjì Guǐdào Jiāotōng^{[Note 1]}) or Tiancheng Line is a suburban metro rail line serving the northern suburbs of Nanjing and eventually link up with Tianchang in Anhui.^[1][2]

Station list

Service routes		Station Name English	Station Name Hanzi	Platform Types	Transfer	Location
●	●	Taishanxincun	泰山新村	Island (Underground)		Pukou
●	●	Taifenglu	泰冯路	Island (Underground)	3
●	●	Nanjing High-Tech Zone	高新开发区	Island (Elevated)
●	●	NUIST	信息工程大学	Side (Elevated)
●	●	Xiejiadian	卸甲甸	Side (Elevated)		Luhe
●	●	Dachang	大厂	Side (Elevated)
●	●	Getang	葛塘	Island (Elevated)
●	●	Changlu	长芦	Island (Elevated)
●	●	Huagongyuan	化工园	Island (Elevated)
●	●	Luhe Economic Zone	六合开发区	Island (Elevated)
●	●	Longchi	龙池	Island (Underground)
●	●	Xiongzhou	雄州	Island (Underground)
●	●	Fenghuangshangongyuan	凤凰山公园	Island (Underground)
●	●	Fangzhouguangchang	方州广场	Island (Underground)
●		Shenqiao	沈桥	Side (Elevated)
●		Babaiqiao	八百桥	Side (Elevated)
●		Jinniuhu	金牛湖	Side (Elevated)

Notes

1. "Ning" (宁), is the standard Chinese abbreviation for Nanjing. It comes from the name Jiangning that the city had in the early Qing.

References

1. 大桥北路到金牛湖将只要半小时. 南京日报.
2. 宁天城际一期开工 青奥会前通车. 南京日报.