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Xuanwumen station (Nanjing Metro)
Xuanwumen station (simplified Chinese: 玄武门站; traditional Chinese: 玄武門站; pinyin: Xuánwǔmén Zhàn) is a station of Line 1 of the Nanjing Metro.[1][2] It started operations on 3 September 2005[3] as part of the line's Phase I from Maigaoqiao to Andemen.[a]
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| Location | Zhongyang Road and Xuanwumen Road (玄武门路) Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu China | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 1 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 123 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 3 September 2005 | ||||||||||
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The station is named after Xuanwumen or Xuanwu Gate: the north gate of Ming Palace, Nanjing; Xuanwu itself refer to Black Tortoise, a deity for North.
Nearby places
- Xuanwu Lake
- Hunan Road Commercial Street and Lions' Bridge (Shiziqiao) Pedestrian Street (狮子桥步行街)
References
- ^ The section from Andemen to Olympic Stadium that initially opened as Line 1 was re-designated as Line 10 when the latter opened in 2014.[4]
- ^ . nju.gov.cn. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ^ . Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
- ^ 大事记. Nanjing Metro. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
9月3日 南京地铁一号线一期工程开通试运营
- ^ [Nanjing Metro Line 2 Undergoes Trial Runs]. Yantse Evening News (in Chinese). May 23, 2010. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
Coordinates: 32°04′13″N 118°47′03″E / 32.07028°N 118.78417°E