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Guaanzhuang station

Beijing Subway station

Preceding station	Beijing Subway			Following station
Shuangqiao towards Gucheng		Batong line (through operation to Line 1)		Baliqiao towards Universal Resort

Location

Guaanzhuang^[1]

Location in Beijing

Guaanzhuang station^[1] (simplified Chinese: 管庄站; traditional Chinese: 管莊站; pinyin: Guǎnzhuāng zhàn) is a station on the Batong line (through operation to Line 1) of the Beijing Subway, and is located in the Guanzhuang area (管庄地区) of Chaoyang District.

In future, it will be a transfer station with Line 22 (Pinggu line) which is currently under construction.

History

Guaanzhuang station opened on December 27, 2003. The installation of automatic platform gates started on August 9, 2012,^[2] and finished in September 2012.^[3]

Name conflict

This station had the same English name as a station on Line 15, also part of the Beijing Subway system. In Chinese this is not a problem as the station on Line 15 is called 关庄 and one on the Batong Line is called 管庄, but the government policy in China is to create English names from the pinyin transliteration of Chinese language, but without the tone markers; thus 关庄 (Guānzhuāng) and 管庄 (Guǎnzhuāng) are both rendered as Guanzhuang, making them look identical.

In December 2019, the 管庄 (Guǎnzhuāng) station on Batong line changed spelling to Guaanzhuang.^[1]

Station layout

The station has 2 elevated side platforms.

Exits

There are 6 exits, lettered A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, and B2. Exits B1 and B2 are accessible.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "JPG格式线路图下载北京地铁官方网站". Archived from the original on 2022-12-31.
^ (Chinese) 13号线、八通线加装屏蔽门工程试点站已于近日开工. Beijing Subway. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
^ (Chinese) 八通线、13号线试点站屏蔽门安装主体工程完工. Beijing Subway. September 28, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.