Gulou station (Nanjing Metro)

Gulou 鼓楼
General information
Location	Gulou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu China
Line(s)	Line 1      Line 4
Other information
Station code	122 (Line 1) 415 (Line 4)
History
Opened	3 September 2005 (2005-09-03) (Line 1) 18 January 2017 (2017-01-18) (Line 4)
Services
Preceding station Nanjing Metro Following station Xuanwumen towards Baguazhoudaqiaonan Line 1 Zhujianglu towards CPU Yunnanlu towards Longjiang Line 4 Jimingsi towards Xianlinhu

Gulou station (simplified Chinese: 鼓楼站; traditional Chinese: 鼓樓站; pinyin: Gǔlóu Zhàn; lit. 'drum tower station'), is an interchange station on Line 1 and Line 4 of the Nanjing Metro.^[1] Opened on 3 September 2005 for the Line 1 portion of the station, Gulou station is among the first Nanjing Metro stations to open for passenger service.^[2] It is named for an old drum tower that serves as a local landmark nearby. The line 4 section of the station opened on 18 January 2017,^[3] with cultural exhibits lining the station's walls.^[4] Located underneath a roundabout that links to Beijing West Road [zh], Beijing East Road [zh], Zhongyang Road [zh], Zhongshan Road [zh] and Zhongshan North Road [zh], Gulou station is located near Gulou Hospital, Nanjing University's Gulou campus, and is right underneath the Zifeng Tower.

References

1. 南京地铁一号线 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 8 May 2013.
2. 大事记. Nanjing Metro. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018. 9月3日 南京地铁一号线一期工程开通试运营
3. 对接4号线，地铁鼓楼站将改造 [To aid in interchanging with Line 4, improvements to be made to Gulou station] (in Chinese). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
4. 南京地铁1号线鼓楼站增设金陵廉史二十四景 将随4号线开通同时亮相 [Metro line 1's Gulou station will be opened with more Jinling history] (in Chinese). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

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