Yinfeng line

Yinfeng Line (鄞奉线)
Overview
Other name(s)	Line S3 (S3号线) Ningbo–Fenghua intercity railway (宁波至奉化城际轨道交通) Ningfeng line (宁奉线)
Status	Operational
Owner	Ningbo
Locale	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Termini	Gaotang Bridge Jinhai Road
Stations	9 (3 in operation)
Service
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Ningbo Rail Transit
Operator(s)	Ningbo Rail Transit Co.,Ltd.
Rolling stock	6-car Type B
History
Opened	28 September 2019 (initial section) 2020 (entire line)
Technical
Line length	21.53 km (13.38 mi)(5.61 km (3.49 mi) in operation)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground and Elevated
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	80 km/h (The section from Fangqiao to Jinhai Road reserved to be 120 km/h)

Yinfeng line of Ningbo Rail Transit (宁波轨道交通鄞奉线), also known as Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway, Ningfeng line or Line S3, is a rapid transit line in Ningbo. It starts from Gaotang Bridge station in Yinzhou District and ends in Jinhai Road station in Fenghua District. Through train service will be operated on Line 3 and Ningfeng Line and no interchange is needed. Construction of Ningfeng Line started on December 30, 2015. The initial section of the line (Gaotang Bridge - Minghui Road, 3 stations) opened on September 28, 2019. The remaining section of the line (Minghui Road - Jinhai Road, 6 stations) will open in 2020.

Route

The railway starts 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. The section between Fangqiao to Dacheng stations the elevated structure will run under the elevated south extension of the Ningbo Airport Expressway forming a three level structure similar to the northern section of Shanghai Metro Line 1.

The route is 21.53 km in length, of which 0.916 km is underground with the rest being elevated.

The line will running up to 80 km/h (the section from Fangqiao to Jinhai Road reserved to be 120 km/h).

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 until it finally reaches Jinfang station of Line 5. A further extension southwards into Ninghai County and a branch line west to Xikou Town has also been proposed.

Opening timeline

Segment	Commencement	Length	Station(s)	Name
Gaotang Bridge — Minghui Road	28 September 2019	5.61 km (3.49 mi)	3	initial section of Yinfeng line

Stations

Section	Station name		Connections	Distance km		Location
	English	Chinese
Line 3 (through operation)	Template:NingboRT stations	大通桥	2			Jiangbei
	Template:NingboRT stations	中兴大桥南				Yinzhou
	Template:NingboRT stations	明楼	6
	Template:NingboRT stations	体育馆	7
	Template:NingboRT stations	樱花公园	1
	Template:NingboRT stations	儿童公园	4
	Template:NingboRT stations	仇毕
	Template:NingboRT stations	钱湖北路
	Template:NingboRT stations	锦寓路
	Template:NingboRT stations	四明中路
	Template:NingboRT stations	鄞州区政府	5
	Template:NingboRT stations	南部商务区
	Template:NingboRT stations	鄞州客运总站
	Template:NingboRT stations	句章路
	Template:NingboRT stations	高塘桥
Yinfeng line	Template:NingboRT stations	姜山
	Template:NingboRT stations	狮山
	Template:NingboRT stations	明辉路
	Template:NingboRT stations	朝阳
	Template:NingboRT stations	方桥				Fenghua
	Template:NingboRT stations	琎琳
	Template:NingboRT stations	南渡
	Template:NingboRT stations	大成东路
	Template:NingboRT stations	金海路