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Xuanwumen station (Nanjing Metro)

Coordinates: 32°04′13″N 118°47′03″E / 32.07028°N 118.78417°E / 32.07028; 118.78417
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Xuanwumen station

玄武门站
Nanjing Metro
General information
LocationZhongyang Road and Xuanwumen Road (玄武门路)
Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu
China
Line(s)     Line 1
Other information
Station code123
History
Opened3 September 2005 (2005-09-03)
Services
Preceding station Nanjing Metro Following station
Xinmofan­malu Line 1 Gulou
towards CPU

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]

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.

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References

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  1. ^ 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]
  1. ^ 南京地铁一号线. nju.gov.cn. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  2. ^ "武汉地铁集团有限公司". Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 南京地铁二号线载人模拟运营 [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.

32°04′13″N 118°47′03″E / 32.07028°N 118.78417°E / 32.07028; 118.78417