Zoo station (Guangzhou Metro)

Zoo Station (Chinese: 动物园站), formerly planned to be called "Guangzhou Zoo South Entrance Station" (动物园南门站),^[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 动物园
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	动物园站
Traditional Chinese	動物園站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dòngwùyuán Zhàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping dung^6mat^6jyun^4 zaam^6
General information
Location	Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
Operated by	Guangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)	Line 5
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	28 December 2009
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station Ouzhuang towards Jiaokou Line 5 Yangji towards Wenchong

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]

References

1. (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
4. 水荫路; 水蔭路; Shuǐyìn Lù; seoi²jam³ lou⁶
5. (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).

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