Martyrs' Park station
Martyrs' Park 烈士陵园  | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 烈士陵园站 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 烈士陵園站 | ||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong China | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Guangzhou Metro Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 June 1999 | ||||||||||
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Martyrs' Park Station is a station on Line 1 of the Guangzhou Metro that started operations on 28 June 1997. It is located at the under the junction of Zhongshan 3rd Road and Jiaochang Road East (较场东路) in the Yuexiu District of Guangzhou. It is named "Martyrs' Park Station" because of the nearby Guangzhou Martyrs' Memorial Garden or Guangzhou Martyrs' Memorial Cemetery (广州起义烈士陵园), a park dedicated to those who fought and died in the 1927 Guangzhou Uprising by the Chinese communists against the Kuomintang.[1][2]
References
- ^ Martyrs' Park
- ^ See in Guangzhou Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
