Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway

Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway
Line S3 S3号线
Overview
Type	Suburban metro
System	Ningbo Rail Transit
Status	Under construction
Locale	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Termini	Gaotang Bridge Jinhai Road
Stations	9
Operation
Opened	2020
Owner	Ningbo
Operator(s)	Ningbo Rail Transit Co.,Ltd.
Character	Underground / Elevated
Technical
Line length	21.808 km (13.55 mi)
No. of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)

Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway (Chinese: 宁波至奉化城际铁路), also designated as Line S3, is a suburban metro line under construction in Ningbo. It starts from Gaotang Bridge Station in Yinzhou District and ends in Jinhai Road Station in Fenghua. Through train service will be operated on Line 3 and Line S3 and no interchange is needed.^[1] Construction of Line S3 started on December 30, 2015, and the line is scheduled to open in June 2019.^[2]

Route

The railway starts on the south of Gaotang Bridge station in south Yinzhou District, goes south until it reaches the Ningbo Ring Expressway and turns into an elevated line and enters the Huanzhen North Road of Jiangshan Town. After reaching Jiangshan Station, it turns east into Yanhu Road and passes Yinzhou Industrial Park and Yongjiang Village until it reaches Fangqiao and turns south again along Donghuan Road before it reaches its destination, Jinhai Road Station.^[3]

It is proposed that in the future, this line will be divided at Fangqiao Station: northern part will be integrated into Line 3 and southern part will be extended northwards and finally reaches Duanmei Road Station of Line 5. An extension southwards into Ninghai County is also proposed.^[1]

Stations

Station Name^* English	Station Name Chinese	Transfer	Location
Gaotang Bridge	高塘桥	Through service to  3	Yinzhou
Jiangshan	姜山
Yinzhou Industrial Park West	鄞州工业园西
Yongjiang Village	甬江村
Yinzhou Industrial Park East	鄞州工业园东
Fangqiao	方桥		Fenghua
Bamboo Industrial Park	竹产业园
Jiangjia	蒋家
Dacheng	大成
Jinhai Road	金海路

*Station names might be changed in construction.

References

1. China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group. Report of Environment Impact of Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway. Wuhan. July 2015.
2. "Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway begins construction and is scheduled to open in June, 2019". Ningbo PAI Client. December 30, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
3. "The route of Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway is almost fixed. Construction expected to start next year". Ningbo Daily. July 9, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2014.