The Nantong urban rapid rail transit construction plan was approved by the State on August 19, 2014.

Nantong's rail transit prospective line network is composed of four urban lines and four municipal lines. The total length of the network is about 324 kilometers, with the urban line covering 170.8 kilometers and the municipal line covering 153.2 km.

Metro Line 1 and Line 2 have been set up as metro depots in the Nantong Gangzha Economic Development Zone in Jiangsu province, and construction of Line 1 started in 2017.

Map of Nantong Metro [Photo provided to Nantong Gangzha Economic Development Zone]