Danshuichi Station

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Danshuichi
丹水池
Wuhan Metro Logo.svg
Location Jiang'an District, Wuhan, Hubei
China
Coordinates 30°38′43″N114°19′51″E / 30.645324°N 114.330704°E / 30.645324; 114.330704 Coordinates: 30°38′43″N114°19′51″E / 30.645324°N 114.330704°E / 30.645324; 114.330704
Operated by Wuhan Metro Co., Ltd
Line(s)     Line 1
History
Opened July 29, 2010
Services
Preceding station  Wuhan Metro  Following station
toward  Dongwu Avenue
Line 1
toward  Hankou North

Danshuichi (Chinese :丹水池) is a station on Line 1 of Wuhan Metro, opened upon completion of Line 1, Phase 2 on July 29, 2010. [1] It is an elevated station at the intersection of Jiefang Avenue and Handi Road. The name "Danshuichi" is derived from the dialectical pronunciation of "Duanshuichi" (端水吃, literally "Grab water to drink"). [2] There are two side platforms and two tracks at Danshuichi.

Simplified Chinese characters standardized Chinese characters developed in mainland China

Simplified Chinese characters are standardized Chinese characters prescribed in the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters for use in mainland China. Along with traditional Chinese characters, they are one of the two standard character sets of the contemporary Chinese written language. The government of the People's Republic of China in mainland China has promoted them for use in printing since the 1950s and 1960s to encourage literacy. They are officially used in the People's Republic of China and Singapore.

Wuhan Metro

The Wuhan Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Wuhan, Hubei, operated by the Wuhan Metro Co., Ltd. The system began operation on July 28, 2004 with the completion of a ten-station long elevated line between Huangpu Road and Zongguan, making Wuhan the fifth city in mainland China to have a metro system after Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Line 1 is the first metro line in China to have been wrongly referred to as a light rail system in Chinese terminology. As of February 2019, there are nine lines in operation, totaling 216 stations and 318 kilometres (198 mi) of system length. The daily ridership of Wuhan Metro ranges from 2,200,000 to 2,800,000.

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Facilities

Danshuichi Station is a three-story elevated station built entirely along Jiefang Avenue. The station is equipped with attended customer service concierges, automatic ticket vending machines, accessible lifts, and restrooms in the fared zone.

Ticket machine

A ticket machine, also known as a ticket vending machine (TVM), is a vending machine that produces paper or electronic tickets, or recharges a stored-value card or smart card or the user's mobile wallet, typically on a smartphone. For instance, ticket machines dispense train tickets at railway stations, transit tickets at metro stations and tram tickets at some tram stops and in some trams. Token machines may dispense the ticket in the form of a token which has the same function as a paper or electronic ticket. The typical transaction consists of a user using the display interface to select the type and quantity of tickets and then choosing a payment method of either cash, credit/debit card or smartcard. The ticket(s) are then printed on paper and dispensed to the user, or loaded onto the user's smartcard or smartphone.

Exits

There are currently four exits in service.


Exit A: Jiefang Avenue
Exit B: Jiefang Avenue. Accessible to Danshuichi Elementary School.
Exit C: Jiefang Avenue. Accessible to Baibuting Community.
Exit D: Jiefang Avenue

Transfers

Bus transfers to Route 3, 4, 211, 212, 232, 234, 301, 509, 577, 615, 717, 727, 809 are available at Danshuichi Station. [3]

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Zongguan station

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References

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  2. "武汉地名的由来——丹水池". 武汉城乡建设委员会. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
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