Xiao-gang station
Xiao-gang station (Chinese: 萧岗站), known as Jiangxia station [1] during planning, is a metro station on Line 2 of the Guangzhou Metro. It is located underground to the south of Huangshi Road East (黄石东路), the east of Yuncheng Road West (云城西路) and the south of Xiaogang River (萧岗涌), in the Baiyun District of Guangzhou.[2] It started operation on 25 September 2010.
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| Location | Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong China | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Guangzhou Metro Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 (1 island platform, 1 side platform) | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 25 September 2010 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蕭崗站 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 萧岗站 | ||||||||||
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Xiao-gang station is within walking distance of the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies north campus, as well as the west gate of Baiyun Mountain.
The English station name is hyphenated to avoid confusion with the similarly named Xiaogang station on Line 8, which shares the same pinyin spelling but has a different tonal pronunciation and different characters.
References
- Chinese: 江夏站; pinyin: Jiāngxià Zhàn; Jyutping: gong1haa6 zaam6
- 地铁二号线北延段新旧站名对比 (in Simplified Chinese). Archived June 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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