Ningbo – Yuyao Intercity Railway Starts Trial Operation

A joint press release was hold by Ningbo Municipal Government and Shanghai Railway Bureau in the morning of June 8, 2017 and Ningbo – Yuyao Intercity Railway was announced to start trial use. The first train serving on this line was scheduled to debut at Yuyao Railway Station at 10:33 am, June 10, 2017.

According to the press release, trial operation starts from June 10 and ends on June 16. During these seven days, citizens and travelers are allowed to travel the train for free by applying their free trial coupons using ID card, passports and etc.

☝ The Inside Picture of Ningbo to Yuyao Intercity Train

With a distance of 48.7 km, Ningbo – Yuyao Intercity Railway has two stops including Ningbo Railway Station and Yuyao Railway Station. Places and attractions along the way are Zhangting, Sanqishi Town, Cicheng, Zhuangqiao and etc At present, 8 pairs, or 16 times of daily trains are assigned on the line. The first train departs Ningbo at 6:55 am, and the counterpart leaves Yuyao at 6:04 am. The train, using CRH6F Electric Multiple Unit, has a maximum speed of 160 km per hour.

Yuyao to Ningbo Intercity Through Train Schedule

Train No.	Departs	Arrives	Distance	Duration	Seat Fares
S3431	Yuyao 6:04	Ningbo 6:39	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10
S3331	Yuyao 6:40	Ningbo 7:16	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10
S3433	Yuyao 8:00	Ningbo 8:39	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10
S3333	Yuyao 9:00	Ningbo 9:35	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10
S3435	Yuyao 10:33	Ningbo 11:11	48.7 km	36 minutes	CN¥10
S3335	Yuyao 16:18	Ningbo 16:56	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10
S3437	Yuyao 17:27	Ningbo 18:02	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10
S3337	Yuyao 18:35	Ningbo 19:10	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10

Trains from Ningbo to Yuyao

Train No.	Departs	Arrives	Distance	Duration	Seat Fares
S3432	Ningbo 6:55	Yuyao 7:30	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10
S3332	Ningbo 8:00	Yuyao 8:35	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10
S3434	Ningbo 9:18	Yuyao 9:53	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10
S3334	Ningbo 10:15	Yuyao 10:40	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10
S3436	Ningbo 16:01	Yuyao 16:37	48.7 km	36 minutes	CN¥10
S3336	Ningbo 17:30	Yuyao 18:05	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10
S3438	Ningbo 18:41	Yuyao 19:16	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10
S3338	Ningbo 20:05	Yuyao 20:40	48.7 km	35 minutes	CN¥10

When, where and How to Apply Free Trial Travel Coupons

The free trial travel promotion has attracted huge attention so far. In the past few days, there was on average 5,000 people joined the activity on daily basis. Citizens and travellers wanting a free train travel should bring their identity certificates such as Id Cards, passports and etc and go to either the north square of Ningbo Railway Station or front square of Yuyao Railway Station to apply free travel coupons. Free Travel coupon holders will be allowed to board the train by changing the travel coupons to a magnetic stripe cards at the entrance gate. In Ningbo, they issue travel coupons during 6:20 to 9:50 and 15:30 to 19:50. In Yuyao, travel coupons are issued during 5:30 to 10:20 as well as 15:30 to 18:20. In the trail operation, each train are allowed to board 500 people maximum. Coupons are issued 30 minutes before train departure.

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