Ningbo–Yuyao intercity railway is a

commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Downtown, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter r ...

service in

Ningbo Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , Chinese postal romanization, also romanized as Chekiang) is an East China, eastern, coastal Provinces of China, province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable citie ...

, part of the planned Ningbo Intercity Railway network. It runs from

Ningbo railway station Ningbo railway station () is a railway station on the Xiaoshan–Ningbo railway, Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou railway and Hangzhou–Ningbo high-speed railway located in Haishu District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized ...

Haishu District () is a county-level district under the jurisdiction of Ningbo city in Zhejiang Province of the People's Republic of China. Since the district has a drum tower (''gulou'') that was constructed during the Tang Dynasty, it is alternatively called ...

to Yuyao railway station in

Yuyao Yuyao () is a county-level city in the northeast of Zhejiang province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the sub-provincial city of Ningbo. It is located west of central Ningbo, east of Hangzhou, bordering Hangzhou Bay in the north. Yuyao ...

on the existing

Xiaoshan–Ningbo railway The Xiaoshan–Ningbo railway or Xiaoyong railway (), is a double-track railroad in eastern China between Hangzhou and Ningbo in Zhejiang Province. Its name in Chinese, the Xiaoyong Line, is named after the railway's two terminal stations, Xiaos ...

. There are also through operation to Shaoxing Tourism New Transit railway. Passengers can transfer to Line 2 and Line 4 of Ningbo Metro at Ningbo railway station. It is the first line to provide " Higher-speed" commuter rail services, with trains travelling up to in Ningbo and capable of transporting up to 2,000 people. By 2019, the operating speed of the line is limited to 120km/h.

Stations

Services

Eight trains per day run in each direction on the Ningbo–Yuyao Intercity Railway, 4 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. As of December 2019, trains only serve Ningbo and Yuyao stations, with a travel time of 32 to 38 minutes. In July 2019, 3 train services in each direction started through operation with the Shaoxing Tourism New Transit railway, linking Ningbo and Yuyao with stations in Shaoxing.

Timetable

References

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