Huangsha station

Huangsha

黄沙
Huangsha; 黄沙
	Line 1 platform
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	黄沙站
Traditional Chinese	黃沙站
Literal meaning	yellow sands
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huángshā Zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	wong2saa1 zaam6
General information
Location	Liu'ersan Road (六二三路) and Datong Road (大同路); Liwan District, Guangzhou, Guangdong; China
Operated by	Guangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)	Line 1; Line 6;
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	105 607
History
Opened	28 June 1997; 27 years ago; (Line 1); 28 December 2013; 10 years ago (Line 6)
Services

Huangsha Station (simplified Chinese: 黄沙站; traditional Chinese: 黃沙站; Jyutping: wong2 saa1 zaam6; Cantonese Yale: Wóngsā Jaahm; lit. 'Yellow Sands station') is a station on Line 1 of the Guangzhou Metro and was the first Line 1 station to have platform screen doors installed. It started operations on 28 June 1997. It was the terminus of Line 1 when the Guangzhou Metro started the service in 1997. It is situated under the junction of Datong Road (Chinese: 大同路) and Liu'ersan Road (六二三路) in the Liwan District of Guangzhou. It is near Shamian Island, where the White Swan Hotel and many Western style buildings are.^[1]^[2] It became an interchange station between Line 1 and Line 6 of the Guangzhou Metro in 2013.^[3]

Station layout

G	-	Exits B–F
B1 Concourse	Line 1 Lobby	Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Police Station, Safety Facilities, Exit to Metropolitan Plaza
	Transfer Passageway	Transfer passageway between Lines 1 & 6
	Line 6 Lobby	Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Police Station, Safety Facilities, Toilet
B2 Platforms	Platform 2	1 towards Xilang (Fangcun)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	1 towards Guangzhou East Railway Station (Changshou Lu)
	Equipment Area	Station Equipment
B3 Equipment Area	-	Station Equipment
B3 Equipment Area	Buffer Area	Buffer area of Line 6
B4 Platforms	Platform 4	6 towards Xunfenggang (Ruyifang)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 3	6 towards Xiangxue (Culture Park)