Qiaokou Road Station

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Qiaokou Road
硚口路
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Location Qiaokou District, Wuhan, Hubei
China
Coordinates 30°34′27″N114°14′42″E / 30.574039°N 114.244961°E / 30.574039; 114.244961
Operated by Wuhan Metro Co., Ltd
Line(s)     Line 1
Platforms 2 (2 side platforms)
Construction
Structure type Elevated
History
Opened July 28, 2004 (Line 1)
Services
Preceding station  Wuhan Metro  Following station
toward  Dongwu Avenue
Line 1
toward  Hankou North
Station hall Wuhanline1qiaokoulu.jpg
Station hall
Exit Wuhanline1qiaokoulu2.jpg
Exit
View from the walking bridge above the platforms Above the platforms of Qiaokou Road Station of Wuhan Metro Line 1.jpg
View from the walking bridge above the platforms

Qiaokou Road Station (Chinese :硚口路站), is a station of Line 1 of Wuhan Metro. It entered revenue service along with the completion of Line 1, Phase 1 on July 28, 2004. It is located in Qiaokou District. [1]

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.

Qiaokou District District in Hubei, Peoples Republic of China

Qiaokou District forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 districts of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, situated on the northern (left) bank of the Han River. Along with Dongxihu, it is the only district of Wuhan to not have any shoreline along the Yangtze River, and it borders Dongxihu to the north, Jianghan to the east, and Hanyang to the south across the Han River. 'Qiaokou' is used as an example of the usage of the rarely-used character 礄/硚 in the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary. It is said that the character 'qiao' refers to stone bridges constructed over the Han River in the Late Qing.

Transfers

Bus transfers to Route 79, T3, 520, 411, 588, 558, 737, 609 and 622 are available at Qiaokou Road Station. [2]

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References

  1. "运营线路图". Wuhan Metro. 2010-03-06. Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  2. "武汉公交查询" . Retrieved 18 December 2013.