Chigang Pagoda Station

Chigang Pagoda Station 赤岗塔站
Location
Province	Guangdong (See other stations in Guangdong)
City	Guangzhou
District	Haizhu
History
Opened	26 December 2005 (Line 3) 8 November 2010 (APM)
Rail services
Type	Underground
Operator(s)	Guangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)	Guangzhou Line 3 Zhujiang New Town APM
Type of platforms	2 Island platforms
No. of platforms	4

Chigang Pagoda Station (Chinese: 赤岗塔站) 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 (Chinese: 滨江东路; pinyin: Binjiang DongLu) in Haizhu District, on the south bank of the Pearl River.

Named after Chigang Pagoda (Chinese: 赤岗塔), one of the most famous architectural heritage in Guangzhou,^[1] the station is now more associated with Canton Tower (Chinese: 广州塔), a landmark TV and sightseeing tower located on a strategic point of the new axis of Guangzhou. It is the first station built for sightseeing purpose in the Guangzhou Metro system. The station is connected to an underground APM system which provides quick access to the Zhujiang New Town CBD on the other side of the river.^[2]

Station layout

G	-	Exit
L1 Concourse	Lobby	Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2 (Line 3) Platforms	Platform 2	← Line 3 towards Panyu Square (Kecun)
	Island Platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	→ Line 3 towards Tianhe Coach Terminal (Zhujiang New Town)
L2 (APM) Platforms	Platform 2	← APM termination platform
	Island Platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	→ APM towards Linhexi (Haixinsha)

References

1. ^ The Landscape Design of ChiGang Pagoda in GuangZhou
2. ^ Chigang Pagoda