Gongyuanqian Station (simplified Chinese: 公园前站; traditional Chinese: 公園前站; Jyutping: gung1 jyun2 cin4 zaam6; Cantonese Yale: Gūng'yúnchìhn Jaahm; lit. 'Front of the Park Station') is an interchange station of Line 1 and Line 2 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operation on 28 June 1999 and is located under People's Park in Yuexiu District of Guangzhou.[1]

Gongyuanqian

公园前
Guangzhou Metro
Line 1 island platform
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese公园前站
Traditional Chinese公園前站
Literal meaningPark Front station
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGōngyuánqián Zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggung1jyun2cin4 zaam6
General information
LocationZhongshan No. 5 Road [zh; zh-yue] and Qiyi Road (起义路)
Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong
China
Operated byGuangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)
Platforms8 (2 island platforms and 4 side platforms)
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code109 213
History
Opened16 February 1999; 25 years ago (1999-02-16) (Line 1)
29 December 2002; 21 years ago (2002-12-29) (Line 2)
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station
Ximenkou
towards Xilang
Line 1 Peasant Movement Institute
Haizhu Square Line 2 Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

Station layout

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Scale model of Gongyuanqian Station at the Guangzhou Metro Museum, showing the perpendicular Spanish Solution interchange.
 
the calligraphy display on the Chinese characters of Gongyuangqian Station

Due to being an interchange between two busy lines and serving a major office and shopping district, it's one of the busiest stations of the Guangzhou Metro. Both the line 1 and line 2 stations adopt the Spanish solution to separate boarding and alighting passengers on both lines. When the train arrives at the platform, train doors and platform screen doors on the right side are opened first to allow passengers to get off. Then those on the left side are opened to allow passengers to get on.

L1
Concourse
Lobby Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Shops, Police Station, Baby Change, Safety Facilities
L2
Platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 4
Platform 2
   1  towards Xilang (Ximenkou)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 1
Platform 3
 1  towards Guangzhou East railway station (Peasant Movement Institute)  
Side platform, doors will open on the right
L3
Platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 8
Platform 6
   2  towards Guangzhou South Railway Station (Haizhu Square)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 5
Platform 7
 2  towards Jiahewanggang (Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall)  
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Exits

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The station has 12 exits, lettered A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I (I1, I2), J and K.

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References

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  1. ^ "Guangzhou People's Park". Retrieved 25 February 2014.

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