Aolinpike Gongyuan (Olympic Park) station

Aolinpike Gongyuan (Olympic Park) station^[1] (simplified Chinese: 奥林匹克公园站; traditional Chinese: 奧林匹克公園站; pinyin: Àolínpǐkè Gōngyuán zhàn) is an interchange station on Line 8 and Line 15 of the Beijing Subway.

Aolinpike Gongyuan (Olympic Park) 奥林匹克公园
Line 8 platform
General information
Location	Datun Road Olympic Green, Chaoyang District, Beijing China
Coordinates	40°00′08″N 116°23′30″E / 40.002207°N 116.391758°E / 40.002207; 116.391758
Operated by	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited
Line(s)	Line 8      Line 15
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 19, 2008; 14 years ago (2008-07-19) (line 8) December 28, 2014; 8 years ago (2014-12-28) (line 15)
Previous names	Olympic Green (2008-2020)
Services
Preceding station Beijing Subway Following station Forest Park South Gate towards Zhuxinzhuang Line 8 Olympic Sports Center towards Yinghai Beishatan towards Qinghua Donglu Xikou Line 15 Anli Lu towards Fengbo
Location
Aolinpike Gongyuan (Olympic Park) Location in central Beijing

Line 8 sign

The station was named Olympic Green. It was renamed on December 31, 2021, to use Pinyin, though the English translation are still displayed in brackets underneath.^[1][2][3]

Location

It is located in Chaoyang District, Beijing. Outside the station is Olympic Green. The Olympic Green was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Station layout

Both the line 8 and line 15 stations have underground island platforms.

Exits

There are 7 exits, lettered B, D, E, F, G, H, and I. Exit F is accessible.

Gallery

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  Line 8 Concourse

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  Line 15 Concourse

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  Line 15 Platform

See also

• Olympic Green

References

1. . 北京地铁. Archived from the original on 2021-12-31.
2. Analysis by Nectar Gan and Steve George. "Analysis: In Beijing's subway, English names are being replaced by romanized Chinese ahead of Winter Olympics". CNN. Retrieved 2022-01-07. ...become "Aolinpike Gongyuan" and "2 Hao Hangzhanlou" -- though the English translations are still displayed in brackets underneath.
3. "Beijing replaces English words on subway signs with romanised Chinese". The Independent. 2022-01-06. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-01-07.

External links

•   Media related to Olympic Park Station (Beijing) at Wikimedia Commons