Tancun station

Tancun

潭村
Guangzhou Metro
Chinese name
Chinese潭村站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáncūn Zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationTàahmchyūn Jaahm
JyutpingTaam4cyun1 Zaam6
General information
LocationHuacheng Avenue (花城大道)
Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong
China
Operated byGuangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)     Line 5
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened28 December 2009
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station
Liede
towards Jiaokou
 Line 5 Yuancun
towards Huangpu New Port

Tancun Station (Chinese: 潭村站; Cantonese Yale: Tàahmchyūn Jaahm), formerly known as Saimachang Station (赛马场站; 賽馬場站; Choimáhchèuhng Jaahm; literally Racecourse Station) whilst in the planning stage, is a station on Line 5 of the Guangzhou Metro.[1] It is located under Huacheng Avenue (花城大道) in the Tianhe District, near Guangzhou Racecourse (广州赛马场).[2][3] It opened on 28 December 2009.[4]

Around the station

References

  1. ^ Metro Line 5 Opens This December Archived 2012-08-03 at archive.today
  2. ^ 廣州地鐵五號線投標申請人報名提交資料一覽表 (in Simplified Chinese). Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 2005年度广州市地名命名更名变更 (in Simplified Chinese). Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Guangzhou Metro line Five to Open in December 2009

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