Children's Palace station

Children's Palace station
Children's Palace station
Chinese	少年宫站
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shàonián Gōng Zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	siu3 nin4 gung1 zaam6

Children's Palace

少年宫
Children's Palace; 少年宫
General information
Other names	Shaoniangong
Location	Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong; China
Operated by	Shenzhen Metro Line 3 Operations; MTR Corporation (Shenzhen)
Line(s)	Line 3; Line 4;
Platforms	4 (1 island platform and 2 side platforms)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	CHP
History
Opened	28 December 2004 (Line 4); 28 June 2011 (Line 3)
Previous names	Shaoniangong
Services

Children's Palace station (Chinese: 少年宫站) is a station on Line 3 and Line 4 of the Shenzhen Metro. It opened on 28 December 2004. The Line 3 platforms opened on 28 June 2011. It is located under the south of Lotus Hill (Chinese: 莲花山) in Futian District, Shenzhen, China. It is adjacent to Shenzhen Children's Palace (Chinese: 深圳少年宫).^[1]^[2]

Formerly known in English by its pinyin transliteration Shaoniangong, Children's Palace was the northern terminus of Line 4, before its extension to Qinghu (Chinese: 清湖站) in the north of Shenzhen was completed in 2010.^[3]^[4]

Station structure edit

Children's Palace is an underground station with three levels. The two side platforms are located on the lower level, while the upper level being the station concourse.

Station layout edit

G	-	Exit
B1F Concourse	Lobby	Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs, Transfer Passage between Line 3 and Line 4
B2F Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	← Line 4 towards Futian Checkpoint (Civic Center)
	Platform 1	→ Line 4 towards Niuhu (Lianhua North) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
B3F Platforms	Platform 4	← Line 3 towards Futian Bonded Area (Futian)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 3	→ Line 3 towards Shuanglong (Lianhuacun) →

Exits edit

Exit		Destination
Exit A1		Fuzhong 1st Road (E), Shenzhen Children's Palace, Jintian Road, Metro Building, Shenye Garden
Exit B2		Hongli Road (E), Tianjian Century Garden
Exit C		Hongli Road (W), Shenzhen CBD Book Mall (E)
Exit D		Fuzhong 1st Road (E), Jiangsu Building, New World Center
Exit E		Hongli Road (S), Jiangsu Building, Yitian Road, Pengcheng 3rd Road, Fuzhong 1st Road, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen Concert Hall, Shenzhen CBD Book Mall
Exit F	F1	Hongli Road (N), Lianhuashan Park
Exit F	F2	Hongli Road (N), Guan Shanye Art Museum

References edit

^ "Shaoniangong Station". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008.
^ "Travel in Shenzhen". Shenzhen Daily. 29 May 2007. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
^ Schwandl, Robert (2004). "Shenzhen Metro". UrbanRail.net.
^ "Shenzhen Metro Line 4". MTR. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008.

External links edit

22°33′01″N 114°03′18″E / 22.55028°N 114.05500°E / 22.55028; 114.05500

[1] "Shaoniangong Station". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008.

[2] "Travel in Shenzhen". Shenzhen Daily. 29 May 2007. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.

[3] Schwandl, Robert (2004). "Shenzhen Metro". UrbanRail.net.

[4] "Shenzhen Metro Line 4". MTR. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008.

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