Xuanwumen station (Nanjing Metro)

Xuanwumen station 玄武门站
General information
Location	Zhongyang Road and Xuanwumen Road (玄武门路) Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu China
Line(s)	Line 1
Other information
Station code	123
History
Opened	3 September 2005 (2005-09-03)
Services
Preceding station Nanjing Metro Following station Xinmofan­malu towards Baguazhoudaqiaonan Line 1 Gulou towards CPU

Xuanwumen station (simplified Chinese: 玄武门站; traditional Chinese: 玄武門站; pinyin: Xuánwǔmén Zhàn) is a station of Line 1 of the Nanjing Metro.^[1][2] It started operations on 3 September 2005^[3] as part of the line's Phase I from Maigaoqiao to Andemen.^[a]

The station is named after Xuanwumen or Xuanwu Gate: the north gate of Ming Palace, Nanjing; Xuanwu itself refer to Black Tortoise, a deity for North.

Nearby places

• Xuanwu Lake
• Hunan Road Commercial Street and Lions' Bridge (Shiziqiao) Pedestrian Street (狮子桥步行街)

References

1. The section from Andemen to Olympic Stadium that initially opened as Line 1 was re-designated as Line 10 when the latter opened in 2014.^[4]

1. 南京地铁一号线. nju.gov.cn. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
2. "武汉地铁集团有限公司". Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
3. 大事记. Nanjing Metro. Retrieved 2018-07-24. 9月3日 南京地铁一号线一期工程开通试运营
4. 南京地铁二号线载人模拟运营 [Nanjing Metro Line 2 Undergoes Trial Runs]. Yantse Evening News (in Chinese). May 23, 2010. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.

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