Canton Tower station

Canton Tower Station (Chinese: 广州塔站) is an interchange station on Line 3 and Zhujiang New Town Automated People Mover Systems of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 28 December 2005. It is an underground station located to the south of Binjiang Road East[1] in Haizhu District, on the south bank of the Pearl River.

Canton Tower

广州塔
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese广州塔站
Traditional Chinese廣州塔站
General information
LocationHaizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong
China
Operated byGuangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)
Platforms4 (2 island platforms)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened26 December 2005 (Line 3)
28 November 2010 (APM)
Services
Preceding station   Guangzhou Metro   Following station
toward Panyu Square
Line 3
TerminusZhujiang APM
toward Linhexi
TerminusHaizhu Tram
toward Wanshengwei

The station was previously called Chigang Pagoda Station (赤岗塔站), named after the nearby Chigang Pagoda which, despite being a relatively lesser-known architectural heritage in Guangzhou, was the only recognisable structure in the immediate vicinity when the station was constructed. However, after the station was opened, the Canton Tower, a new TV and sightseeing tower, was built directly above it. This iconic piece of architecture quickly became the city's new landmark, and the name of the station was often confused with Chigang station (赤岗站) of line 8, so it was changed to Canton Tower Station in December 2013 when line 6 was opened. It is the first station built for sightseeing purposes in the Guangzhou Metro system. The station is connected to an underground APM system which provides quick access to the Zhujiang New Town CBD across the river.[2]

The station is the terminus of the Haizhu Tram line of Guangzhou Trams, which runs to Wanshengwei Station.

Station layout
G Street level Exit
L1
Concourse		 Transfer passageway Transfer passageway between Line 3 & APM Line, Buffer area of Line 3, Shops
APM Line Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2
Concourse & Platforms		 Line 3 Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
Platform 4  APM  termination platform
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 3  APM  towards Linhexi (Haixinsha)
L3
Platforms		 Platform 1  3  towards Panyu Square (Kecun)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2  3  towards Tianhe Coach Terminal (Zhujiang New Town)

Exits
Exit number Exit location
Exit A Yiyuan Lu, Haizhu Tram
Exit B Yiyuan Lu
Exit Canton Tower
Exit Canton Tower

References
  1. simplified Chinese: 滨江东路; traditional Chinese: 濱江東路; pinyin: Bīnjiāng Dōng Lù; Jyutping: Ban1gong1 dung1lou6
  2. Chigang Pagoda Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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