Zoo station (Guangzhou Metro)

Zoo Station (Chinese: 动物园站), formerly planned to be called "Guangzhou Zoo South Entrance Station" (动物园南门站),[1] is a station on Line 5 of the Guangzhou Metro.[2] It is located below the junction of Tianhe Road (天河路), East Huanshi Road[3] and Shuiyin Road[4] in the Yuexiu District, near the south gate of Guangzhou Zoological Garden (广州动物园).[5][6] It opened on 28 December 2009.[7]

Zoo

动物园
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese动物园站
Traditional Chinese動物園站
General information
LocationYuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong
China
Operated byGuangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)     Line 5
Platforms2 (2 side platforms)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened28 December 2009
Services
Preceding station   Guangzhou Metro   Following station
toward Jiaokou
Line 5
toward Wenchong

Zoo Station was not in the original plan but was added later, between Ouzhuang Station and Yangji Station after a request by Guangzhou citizens. Due to space limitations it is designed on three levels like Hong Kong MTR stations. The top underground floor is the concourse, below that is the platform for trains towards Wenchong Station and the lowest level is for trains towards Jiaokou Station. It is the first station in Guangzhou Metro system to have this Hong Kong-style multilevel design.[8]

Station layout
G - Exits
L1
Buffer Area		 - Buffer area between Exits and Lobby
L2
Buffer Area		 - Buffer area between Exits and Lobby, Shops
L3
Concourse & Platform		 Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2  5  towards Jiaokou (Ouzhuang)
L4
Platform		 Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 1  5  towards Wenchong (Yangji)

Exits
Exit number Exit location
Exit B Huanshi Donglu
Exit C Huanshi Donglu

References
  1. 广州地铁站以企业命名引来居民不满导致改名 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2009.
  2. Metro Line 5 Opens This December
  3. simplified Chinese: 环市东路; traditional Chinese: 環市東路; pinyin: Huánshì Dōng Lù; Jyutping: waan4si5 dung1 lou6
  4. 水荫路; 水蔭路; Shuǐyìn Lù; seoi2jam3 lou6
  5. 廣州地鐵五號線投標申請人報名提交資料一覽表 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-08.
  6. 09置业重点关注五号线地铁物业之越秀区 (in Chinese).
  7. Guangzhou Metro line Five to Open in December 2009
  8. 地铁动物园站分三层 成广州首个香港式地铁站 (in Chinese).

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