Laojie station (Chinese: 老街站; pinyin: Lǎojiē zhàn; Jyutping: Lou5 Gaai1 Zaam6; lit. 'Old Street station'), is a station on the Shenzhen Metro. It provides cross-platform interchange between Line 1 and Line 3. The station is the busiest on the network with 61,600 passenger entries and exits a day.[2] The Line 1 platforms opened on 28 December 2004 and the Line 3 platforms opened on 28 June 2011. It is located underneath the junction of Shennan Fudao (simplified Chinese: 深南辅道; traditional Chinese: 深南輔道), Jiefang Road (解放路) and Jianshe Road (建设路; 建設路) in the Luohu District of Shenzhen, China. The station is the closest to the Dongmen Business Area (东门商业区; 東門商業區), one of the oldest areas in Shenzhen established in the Ming dynasty.[3]

Laojie

老街
Shenzhen Metro
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese老街
Simplified Chinese老街
Literal meaningOld Street
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǎojiē zhàn
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingLou5 Gaai1 Zaam6
General information
LocationLuohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong
China
Operated bySZMC (Shenzhen Metro Group)
Line(s)
Platforms6 (2 island platforms and 2 side platforms, side platforms only for emergency use)
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedLine 1: 28 December 2004; 19 years ago (2004-12-28)
Line 3: 28 June 2011; 12 years ago (2011-06-28)
Passengers
2015104,871 daily[1]
Rank1st of 118
Services
Preceding station SZM Shenzhen Metro Following station
Grand Theater
towards Airport East
Line 1 Guomao
towards Luohu
Hongling Line 3 Shaibu
towards Shuanglong
Track layout
3
2
B3F
4
1
B4F
Calligraphy of the Chinese characters for Laojie on the station platform
The neighbouring Dongmen Commercial Street

Station layout edit

G - Exit
B1F - Exit
B2F
Concourse
Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
B3F
Platforms
Platform 2      Line 3 towards Futian Bonded Area (Hongling)
Island platform, doors will open on the left (Line 3) / right (Line 1)
Platform 3      Line 1 towards Airport East (Grand Theater)
Side platform, not in service
B4F
Platforms
Platform 1      Line 3 towards Shuanglong (Shaibu)
Island platform, doors will open on the right (Line 3) / left (Line 1)
Platform 4      Line 1 towards Luohu (Guomao)
Side platform, not in service

Exits edit

Exit Destination
Exit A Jiefang Road, Renmin North Road, Dongmen, Shenzhen Guest Hotel, Shenzhen Theatre, Shenzhen Worker's Cultural Palace, Lilian Sun Plaza, MOI Department Store, Nantang Commercial Mall
Exit B Jianshe Road (E), Heping Road, Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau of Guangdong Power Grid Corporation, First Outpatient Department of Shenzhen People's Hospital, Post Office Building, Honglong Century Plaza
Exit C Shennan East Road (N), China Telecom (Telecom Building)
Exit D Dongmen, 1234 Space, Yongxin Street
Exit E Lilian Sun Plaza, Gold World Department Store, 1234 Space, Jintai Metro Mall, Renmin Road (N)
Exit F Shenzhen Cinemas, Xingyuan Road, Shenzhen Guest Hotel, Erheng Street (E), Erheng Street (W)
Exit G Renmin Road (N), People's Park, Workers Cultural Palace
Exit H Jiefang Road (N), 1234 Space, Renmin Gongyuan Road (N)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "数说交通|深圳客流量TOP10地铁站----中国科学院深圳先进技术研究院". www.siat.cas.cn. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. ^ "patronage". Universiade 2011 Shenzhen. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  3. ^ Shenzhen Dongmen: Besides Shopping, There is History

External links edit

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