Martyrs' Park station

Martyrs' Park

烈士陵园
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese烈士陵园站
Traditional Chinese烈士陵園站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLièshì Língyuán Zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinglit6si6 ling4jyun4 zaam6
General information
LocationYuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong
China
Operated byGuangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)     Line 1
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened28 June 1999
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station
Peasant Movement Institute
towards Xilang
 Line 1 Dongshankou
towards Guangzhou East Railway Station

Martyrs' Park Station (simplified Chinese: 烈士陵园站; traditional Chinese: 烈士陵園站; Jyutping: lit6 si6 ling4 jyun4 zaam6; Cantonese Yale: Lihtsih Lìhng'yùhn Jaahm) is a station on Line 1 of the Guangzhou Metro that started operations on 28 June 1997. It is located at the under the junction of Zhongshan 3rd Road and Jiaochang Road East (较场东路) in the Yuexiu District of Guangzhou. It is named "Martyrs' Park Station" because of the nearby Guangzhou Martyrs' Memorial Garden or Guangzhou Martyrs' Memorial Cemetery (广州起义烈士陵园), a park dedicated to those who fought and died in the 1927 Guangzhou Uprising by the Chinese communists against the Kuomintang.[1][2]

Station layout

G - Exit
L1
Concourse 		Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2
Platforms 		Platform 2 arrow for L  1  towards Xilang (Peasant Movement Institute)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 1  1  towards Guangzhou East Railway Station (Dongshankou) arrow for R

Exits

Exit number Exit location
Exit A Zhongshan Sanlu
Exit B B1 Zhongshan Sanlu
B2 Zhongshan Sanlu
B3 Dongchuan Lu
Exit C Zhongshan Sanlu
Exit D Zhongshan Sanlu

References

  1. ^ Martyrs' Park
  2. ^ See in Guangzhou Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine

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