Transportation Ningbo

1 transportation

1.1 bridge
1.2 sea
1.3 air
1.4 railway
1.5 expressway
1.6 rapid transit

transportation


zhao bao shan bridge, zhenhai district, ningbo



ningbo new railway station reopened in december 2013 after years of on-site restoration accommodate high speed rails , increasing passengers.


bridge

as there 3 main rivers running through ningbo, crucial build bridges improve efficiency of transport network in ningbo. ling bridge connects haishu district , jiangdong district earliest modern bridge built in ningbo, designed german engineers. since late 1980s, 16 bridges have been built on 3 rivers. 27 bridges under construction.

the hangzhou bay bridge, combination cable-stayed bridge , causeway across hangzhou bay, opened public on may 1, 2008. bridge connects municipalities of shanghai , ningbo, , considered longest trans-oceanic bridge in world. world s second-longest bridge, after lake pontchartrain causeway in louisiana, united states.

the jintang bridge, linking jintang island of zhoushan , zhenhai district, 27 km (17 mi) long, 4 lane sea crossing bridge opened on december 26, 2009.

the xiangshan harbor bridge opened traffic on december 29, 2012, connecting ningbo xiangshan. 47 km long project includes 22 km main body of bridge plus 8-kilometre-long tunnel.

sea

the port of ningbo 1 of world s busiest ports. ranked number 7 in total cargo volume , number 6 in total container traffic in 2011.

air

ningbo lishe international airport connects ningbo air rest of china, regularly scheduled domestic , international flights. in 2009, new air routes between ningbo , taiwan opened. jetstar asia launched new route between ningbo , singapore in september 2011. tiger air planned begin flying route 26 december 2013.

railway

three railway lines intersect in ningbo: xiaoshan–ningbo railway (xiaoyong line), runs west hangzhou, ningbo–taizhou–wenzhou (yongtaiwen) railway, runs south wenzhou, , hangzhou–ningbo high-speed railway, runs parallel xiaoyong line providing high-speed railway service.

with booming economy in region, xiaoyong railway, conventional railway built in 1950s, cannot meet demand railway travel between zhejiang s 2 largest cities, construction of new high-speed railway line between hangzhou , ningbo started in 2009. new railway line finished 2013 , reduced travel time between ningbo , hangzhou 50 minutes.

the ningbo–taizhou–wenzhou railway high-speed railway opened in september 2009. connects ningbo cities along coast south fujian province. high-speed trains on line operate @ speeds of 250 km/h (160 mph).

ningbo re-opened ningbo railway station after 3 years of construction on december 28, 2013. construction area of more 120,000 m2, 1 of largest railway stations in china.

expressway

seven expressways connect ningbo surrounding cities:

the hangyong expressway, built in 1990s, connects hangzhou , ningbo, part of hangzhou bay ring expressway (g9211).
the yongtaiwen expressway (g15), opened in 2000, connects ningbo taizhou , wenzhou.
the yongjin expressway (g1512) connects ningbo , jinhua.
the huyong expressway (g15) connects ningbo , shanghai via hangzhou bay bridge.
the yongzhou expressway (g9211) via jintang bridge.
the g1501 ningbo ring expressway
the g15w2 ningbo–dongguan expressway

rapid transit


line 1 train leaving xujiacao changle station

ningbo has 2 metro lines in service consisting of line 1, 46.2 kilometers in length , has 29 stations, , line 2, 28.4 kilometers in length , has 22 stations. more lines under construction. line 3 scheduled finished in year 2019 , line 4 in 2020. future plans 7 metro lines serving ningbo.