Dongmenkou station
ningbo Metro station
Dongmenkou Station, or Dongmenkou (Tianyi Square) Station (simplified Chinese: 东门口（天一广场）站; traditional Chinese: 東門口（天一廣場）站; pinyin: Dōngménkǒu (Tiānyī Guǎngchǎng) Zhàn), or literally East Gate Station, is a metro station on Line 1 of the Ningbo Rail Transit that started operations on 30 May 2014. It is situated under Zhongshan East Road (Chinese: 中山东路) in Haishu District of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, eastern China.
Exits
Connections
Ningbo Bus Network
Dongmenkou Bus Stop (Westbound): 2, 2-Night, 15, 19, 360, 503, 506, 515, 517, 518, 821, 852 (All-Night), 871 (Night), 891 (Night)
Dongmenkou Bus Stop (Eastbound): 2, 2-Night, 4, 10, 15, 19, 350, 360, 503, 506, 515, 517, 518, 821, 855 (Night), 871 (Night), 891 (Night)
Heyi Avenue Bus Stop: Routes 28, 60, 331, 350
Station layout
Notable places nearby
Tianyi Square, Xinhualian Mall, Heyi Avenue Shopping Center, Ningbo Movie City, Qianye Hall, Jiangxia Park.
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