Zoo station (Guangzhou Metro)

Zoo

动物园
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese动物园站
Traditional Chinese動物園站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDòngwùyuán Zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDuhngmaht'yùhn Jaahm
JyutpingDung6mat6jyun4 Zaam6
General information
LocationYuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong
China
Operated byGuangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)     Line 5
Platforms2 (2 side platforms)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened28 December 2009
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station
Ouzhuang
towards Jiaokou
 Line 5 Yangji
towards Huangpu New Port

Zoo Station (simplified Chinese: 动物园站; traditional Chinese: 動物園站; Cantonese Yale: Duhngmaht'yùhn Jaahm), formerly planned to be called Guangzhou Zoo South Entrance Station (动物园南门站; 動物園南門站; Duhngmaht'yùhn Nàahmmùhn Jaahm),[1] is a station on Line 5 of the Guangzhou Metro.[2] It is located below the junction of Tianhe Road (天河路), East Huanshi Road[3] and Shuiyin Road[4] in the Yuexiu District, near the south gate of Guangzhou Zoological Garden [zh; zh-yue] (广州动物园).[5][6] It opened on 28 December 2009.[7]

Zoo Station was not in the original plan but was added later, between Ouzhuang Station and Yangji Station after a request by Guangzhou citizens. Due to space limitations it is designed on three levels like Hong Kong MTR stations. The top underground floor is the concourse, below that is the platform for trains towards Wenchong Station and the lowest level is for trains towards Jiaokou Station. It is the first station in Guangzhou Metro system to have this Hong Kong-style multilevel design.[8]

  1. ^ 广州地铁站以企业命名引来居民不满导致改名 (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  2. ^ Metro Line 5 Opens This December[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ simplified Chinese: 环市东路; traditional Chinese: 環市東路; pinyin: Huánshì Dōng Lù; Jyutping: Waan4si5 Dung1 Lou6; Cantonese Yale: Wàahnsíh Dūng Louh
  4. ^ 水荫路; 水蔭路; Shuǐyìn Lù; Seoi2jam3 Lou6; Séuiyam Louh
  5. ^ 廣州地鐵五號線投標申請人報名提交資料一覽表 (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-08.
  6. ^ 09置业重点关注五号线地铁物业之越秀区 (in Simplified Chinese).
  7. ^ Guangzhou Metro line Five to Open in December 2009
  8. ^ 地铁动物园站分三层 成广州首个香港式地铁站 (in Simplified Chinese).