Xinjiekou station (Chinese: 新街口站; pinyin: Xīnjiēkǒu Zhàn) is an interchange station between Line 1 and Line 2 of the Nanjing Metro. It is located in Xinjiekou, the central business and commercial district of Nanjing. The largest and busiest station in the system, Xinjiekou station has 25 officially marked exits.[1] On 30 September 2016 the station served a peak volume of 130,500 passengers.[2] Trains here stop for 55 seconds, the longest stop at a non-terminus station in a mainland Chinese metro system.[3]
Opening dates
The station on line 1 began operations on 3 September 2005[4] as part of the line's Phase I from Maigaoqiao to Andemen.[a] The interchange with line 2 opened along with the opening of the entire line on 28 May 2010.[5][6]
Gallery
Xinjiekou Shopping Center
Exit 6
Line 1 concourse
Line 2 western concourse
Line 2 eastern concourse
Line 1 platform in 2010
Line 2 platform in 2010
References
^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.[5]
^大事记. Nanjing Metro. Retrieved 24 July 2018. 9月3日 南京地铁一号线一期工程开通试运营
^ ab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). 23 May 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
^南京地铁 [Nanjing Metro]. nj-dt.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2010.