Higher Education Mega Center North station

Higher Education Mega Center North Station (simplified Chinese: 大学城北站; traditional Chinese: 大學城北站; Cantonese Yale: Daaihhohksìhng Bāk Jaahm) is a station of Line 4 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 26 December 2005. It is located at the underground of the north of Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, located on the Xiaoguwei Island in Xiaoguwei Subdistrict, Panyu District.[1]

Higher Education Mega Center North

大学城北
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese大学城北站
Traditional Chinese大學城北站
Literal meaningUniversity City North Station
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàxuéchéng Běi Zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDaaihhohksìhng Bāk Jaahm
JyutpingDaai6hok6sing4 Bak1 Zaam6
General information
LocationPanyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong
China
Operated byGuangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)     Line 4
Platforms3 (1 island platform
1 side platform)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened26 December 2005
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station
Higher Education Mega Center South Line 4 Guanzhou
towards Huangcun

The station was previously called Beiting Station (北亭站; Bāktìhng Jaahm) because of nearby Beiting Village (北亭村) on the island, before changing its name to its current name in May 2006.[2][3]

Station layout edit

G - Exits
L1
Concourse
Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2
Platforms
Platform 2    4  towards Nansha Passenger Port (Higher Education Mega Center South)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform For emergency use only
Platform 1  4  towards Huangcun (Guanzhou)  
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Exits edit

Exit number Exit location
Exit A Zhonghuan Xilu
Exit B Zhonghuan Xilu
Exit C Zhongxin Dajiebei
Exit D Zhongxin Dajiebei

References edit

  1. ^ Higher Education Mega Center North
  2. ^ 地鐵三號線再改站名 (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
  3. ^ Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine

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