Line 3 (Ningbo Rail Transit)

Line 3 of Ningbo Rail Transit (Chinese: 宁波轨道交通3号线) is a rapid transit line in Ningbo. It starts from south Fenghua District and ends in Datong Bridge Station in Jiangbei District. In the future extension plan, the line will further extend into Luotuo Area in Zhenhai District.^[2] The construction of the first section, from south Yinzhou to Datong Bridge, started on 23 December 2014.^[3]

Line 3
Line 3 train at Jinhai Road station
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Ningbo
Locale	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Termini	Datong Bridge Jinhai Road
Stations	24
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Ningbo Rail Transit
Operator(s)	Ningbo Rail Transit Co., Ltd.
History
Opened	30 June 2019; 5 years ago (2019-06-30)[1]
Technical
Line length	37.45 km (23.27 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Overhead catenary with 1,500 V DC
Route map

Route

Line 3 starts from Jinhai Road station as a elevated line. It goes north behind the Airport Road until Chaoyang station and turns into east direction on Yanhu Road to Shishan station. Then it turns north again and underground into Gaotang Bridge Station. Then it turns into east-west direction on Yinzhou Avenue and makes a further turn into Ningnan South Road and goes in north-south direction again until it reaches Songjiang Middle Road. Then it runs to northeast to Qiubi and then crosses the Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou railway from which it goes in north-south direction and extends along Zhongxing Road until it crosses Yongjiang River and reaches its destination, Datong Bridge Station.^[4]

Phase 2 of line 3 will have 5 more stations north of Datong Bridge, but due to restrictions of an old airport, part of the phase 2 between Datong Bridge and Yongmao Road is stalled for construction.^[5] The rest 3 stations of phase 2 has started construction since 2 December 2019,^[6] and will temporary run trains of line 5 until phase 2 of line 5 completed. Test run of phase 2 of line 3 started in 1 February 2024.^[7]

Opening timeline

Segment	Commencement	Length	Station(s)	Name
Datong Bridge — Gaotang Bridge	30 June 2019[1]	16.73 km (10.40 mi)[1]	15	Line 3 (Phase 1)
Gaotang Bridge — Minghui Road	28 September 2019	5.61 km (3.49 mi)[citation needed]	3	Yinfeng line
Minghui Road — Jinhai Road	27 September 2020[8]	15.92 km (9.89 mi)	6
Luotuo Bridge — Yongmao Road	28 June 2024[9]		3	Phase 2

Stations

Phase 1

Service routes			Station name		Connections	Distance km		Location
Local		Rapid	English	Chinese
•	•	•	Datong Bridge	大通桥	2	0.00	0.00	Jiangbei
•	•	•	Zhongxing Bridge South	中兴大桥南		1.72	1.72	Yinzhou
•	•	•	Minglou	明楼	6	1.26	2.98
•	•	•	Sports Center	体育馆	7	0.98	3.96
•	•	•	Sakura Park	樱花公园	1	0.96	4.92
•	•	•	Children's Park	儿童公园	4	1.19	6.11
•	•	•	Qiubi	仇毕		0.98	7.09
•	•	•	Qianhu North Road	钱湖北路		1.43	8.52
•	•	•	Jinyu Road	锦寓路		0.97	9.49
•	•	•	Siming Middle Road	四明中路		1.17	10.66
•	•	•	Yinzhou Government	鄞州区政府	5	0.74	11.40
•	•	•	Southern Business District	南部商务区	8	1.33	12.73
•		•	Yinzhou Coach Terminal	鄞州客运总站		1.25	13.98
•		|	Gouzhang Road	句章路		1.34	15.32
•		|	Gaotang Bridge	高塘桥		0.82	16.14
•		•	Jiangshan	姜山		1.73	17.87
•		|	Shishan	狮山		1.35	19.22
•		|	Minghui Road	明辉路		1.31	20.53
•		|	Chaoyang	朝阳		1.88	22.41
•		•	Fangqiao	方桥		4.46	26.87	Fenghua
•		|	Jinlin	琎琳		2.58	29.45
•		|	Nandu	南渡		1.61	31.06
•		•	Dacheng East Road	大成东路		4.04	35.10
•		•	Jinhai Road	金海路		2.35	37.45

Phase 2

Station name		Connections	Location
English	Chinese
Luotuo Bridge	骆驼桥		Zhenhai
Zhenhai Avenue (Cihai)	镇海大道（慈海）	7
Yongmao Road	永茂路
Through train to  5  Buzheng.