Line 4 (Ningbo Rail Transit)

Line 4
Line 4
	4
Overview
Status	Under construction
Owner	Ningbo
Locale	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Termini	Template:NingboRT stations; Template:NingboRT stations;
Stations	25
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Ningbo Rail Transit
Operator(s)	Ningbo Rail Transit Co.,Ltd.
History
Opened	2020
Technical
Line length	36.11 km (22.44 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground / Elevated
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Overhead lines, 1,500 V DC with third rail return

Line 4 of Ningbo Rail Transit (Chinese: 宁波轨道交通4号线) is a rapid transit line under construction in Ningbo. It starts from Cicheng Town, Jiangbei District, and ends near Dongqian Lake in Yinzhou District.^[1] The project was approved on November 5, 2013^[2] with the first phase is expected to open in 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.^[3] The rest of the line started construction on November 30, 2015.^[4] The line will initially use 36 sets of six car B-type trains with a maximum service speed of 80 km/h.^[5]^[6]

Route

Line 4 starts from Cicheng Station in Cicheng Town 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 Line 1.^[3] After reaching Jiangbei Avenue, it starts to turn underground and deviates from the viaduct to Zhuangqiao Railway Station where it turns south, crosses Yaojiang River and reaches Ningbo Railway Station. 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.^[1]

Stations

Station name^{[note 1]}		Connections	Location
English	Chinese	Connections	Location

Template:NingboRT stations	慈城		Jiangbei
Template:NingboRT stations	官山河
Template:NingboRT stations	长兴路
Template:NingboRT stations	金山路
Template:NingboRT stations	奥体中心
Template:NingboRT stations	洪塘中路
Template:NingboRT stations	洪大路
Template:NingboRT stations	庄桥火车站
Template:NingboRT stations	丽江路
Template:NingboRT stations	双东路
Template:NingboRT stations	翠柏里	6	Haishu
Template:NingboRT stations	大卿桥	1
Template:NingboRT stations	柳西
Template:NingboRT stations	宁波火车站	2
Template:NingboRT stations	兴宁桥西
Template:NingboRT stations	兴宁桥东		Yinzhou
Template:NingboRT stations	白鹤
Template:NingboRT stations	儿童公园	3
Template:NingboRT stations	矮柳
Template:NingboRT stations	潘火路
Template:NingboRT stations	嵩江东路
Template:NingboRT stations	南高教园区	5
Template:NingboRT stations	金达南路
Template:NingboRT stations	小洋江	7
Template:NingboRT stations	东钱湖