We’re now just one proverbial stop from the very, very long-awaited opening of Nanjing Metro Line 5. It’s a statement, however, which comes with a caveat; Line 5 in so far as only its section that runs through the City’s Jiangning District.
现在，我们距离期待已久的南京地铁 5 号线开通仅一站之遥。然而，这是一份声明，同时也附带一个警告： 5号线目前仅穿过该市江宁区的一段。
The good news came on 15 December, with Nanjing Metro announcing that the southern section of Line 5 had successfully passed its project acceptance.
12月15日，好消息传来，南京地铁宣布5号线南段顺利通过工程验收。
With each element of the Line’s construction meeting design and standard requirements, so the next step is the trial operation of the Line 5, i.e. trains running without passengers.
由于线路建设的各个要素均满足设计和标准要求，下一步将进行5号线试运行，即列车空载运行。
The southern section of Nanjing Metro Line 5 runs between its southern terminus at Jiyin Da Dao and Shenjiying, with eight stations in between, namely, Jiulong Hu Nan, Chengxin Da Dao, Qianzhuang, Kening Lu, Zhushan Lu, Xinting Lu, Dongshan, Wenjing Lu and Dongshan Xiangzhang Yuan.
南京地铁5号线南段起于南总站吉印大道至沈鸡营，共设九龙湖南、诚信大道、钱庄、垦宁路、竹山路、新亭路、东山、文景路、东山香樟园8个车站。
The building of a metro line in China typically takes 5 years. That has also largely been in the case in Nanjing. Line 5 bucks the trend, however.
中国地铁线路的建设通常需要5年时间。南京的情况也基本如此。 然而，5 号线却逆势而上。
It was as long ago as March of 2015 that tenders went out for the Line’s geological survey, design and project feasibility. January of 2016 saw the route and design of Nanjing Metro Line 5 approved, while construction of Jianning Lu station got underway that same month.
早在2015年3月，该线路的地质勘察、设计和工程可行性就已开始招标。 2016年1月，南京地铁5号线线路及设计获批，建宁路站开工建设。
So what’s taking so long? Line 5 was always going to be difficult; there are to be no less than 16 interchanges with other lines, seven of which with lines which exist at present. Meanwhile, Line 5 also goes through downtown and along one of the City’s key axes, Zhongshan Bei Lu.
那么什么需要这么长时间呢？ 5 号线总是很困难；与其他线路的换乘站不少于16个，其中与现有线路的换乘站有7个。同时，5号线还穿过市中心并沿着城市的关键轴线之一中山北路行驶。
But Line 5 is different on account of two developments, namely COVID and the fact that along its route were discovered many underground historical relics. And Nanjing is very sensitive about that kind of thing.
但5号线的情况有所不同，因为有两个方面的发展，一是新冠疫情，二是沿线发现了许多地下历史遗迹。而南京对这种事情非常敏感。
The latter has not hampered construction in Jiangning District, bringing us to where we are today. With tests involving no passengers, or Nanjing Metro staff posing as passengers, typically lasting 3 months, we may be taking our first Line 5 train by the end of March of next year.
后者并没有阻碍江宁区的建设，使我们走到了今天。经过无乘客或南京地铁工作人员冒充乘客的测试，通常持续 3 个月，我们可能会在明年 3 月底乘坐首趟 5 号线列车。
