The first phase of Nantong Urban Rail Transit Line 1 was opened to traffic on Thursday, making Nantong the sixth city in Jiangsu to operate a subway system.
At 8 a.m. on Thursday, many residents entered the subway station and boarded the train to feel the convenience of travel.
a resident of Nantong
The experience was very good. The whole commuting time has been shortened a little. In the subway, you will not be disturbed by the cold weather outside. In the future, I will often take the subway.
a resident of Nantong
Very comfortable, spacious and fast. It only takes two minutes to get to a station. Especially at our age, it feels better to take the subway.
The first phase project of Nantong Rail Transit Line 1 is the infrastructure project with the largest scale, the largest investment and the most complex construction management and operation in Nantong's urban construction history.
Construction on the subway line connecting Tongzhou District, Chongchuan District and the Development Zone got started on February 18, 2017. 28 stations were constructed alomng the 39.2km-long rail track at a total investment of 27.2 billion yuan.
Zang Naikang, Director of the Institute of Local Policy and Law, Jiangsu Yangtze River Economic Belt Research Institute, Nantong University
It has already connected the urban space, and will connect the entire urban area of Nantong into one, that is, from the original point shape to the linear shape to the mesh shape, which will drive the whole city to take off.
Among the 13 prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Xuzhou and Nantong operate 26 metro lines, ranking first in China in terms of the number of light rail transit lines with the operating mileage hittig 913 kilometers.
