Huangsha station

Huangsha 黄沙
Line 1 platform
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	黄沙站
Traditional Chinese	黃沙站
Literal meaning	yellow sands
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huángshā Zhàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping wong^2saa^1 zaam^6
General information
Location	Liu'ersan Road (六二三路) and Datong Road (大同路) Liwan District, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
Operated by	Guangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)	Line 1      Line 6
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	105 607
History
Opened	28 June 1997; 27 years ago (1997-06-28) (Line 1) 28 December 2013; 11 years ago (2013-12-28) (Line 6)
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station Fangcun towards Xilang Line 1 Changshou Lu towards Guangzhou East Railway Station Ruyifang towards Xunfenggang Line 6 Cultural Park towards Xiangxue

Huangsha station (simplified Chinese: 黄沙站; traditional Chinese: 黃沙站; Jyutping: wong2 saa1 zaam6; Cantonese Yale: Wóngsā Jaahm; lit. 'Yellow Sands station') is a station on Line 1 of the Guangzhou Metro and was the first Line 1 station to have platform screen doors installed. It started operations on 28 June 1997. It was the terminus of Line 1 when the Guangzhou Metro started the service in 1997. It is situated under the junction of Datong Road (Chinese: 大同路) and Liu'ersan Road (六二三路) in the Liwan District of Guangzhou. It is near Shamian Island, where the White Swan Hotel and many Western style buildings are.[1][2] It became an interchange station between Line 1 and Line 6 of the Guangzhou Metro in 2013.[3]

Station layout

G	-	Exits B–F
B1 Concourse	Line 1 Lobby	Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Police Station, Safety Facilities, Exit to Metropolitan Plaza
	Transfer Passageway	Transfer passageway between Lines 1 & 6
	Line 6 Lobby	Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Police Station, Safety Facilities, Toilet
B2 Platforms	Platform 2	1  towards Xilang (Fangcun)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	1  towards Guangzhou East Railway Station (Changshou Lu)
	Equipment Area	Station Equipment
B3 Equipment Area	-	Station Equipment
	Buffer Area	Buffer area of Line 6
B4 Platforms	Platform 4	6  towards Xunfenggang (Ruyifang)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 3	6  towards Xiangxue (Culture Park)

Gallery

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  Line 1 concourse
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  Line 6 concourse
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  Line 6 platform
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  Transfer corridor
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  Line 6 platform wall decoration

References

1. Huangshan Station
2. "Shamian Island". Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
3. Guangzhou Railway Transportation – Line 6 Lot 3 TBM Works

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