Canton Tower station

Canton Tower Station (Chinese: 广州塔站) 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[1] in Haizhu District, on the south bank of the Pearl River.

Canton Tower 广州塔
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	广州塔站
Traditional Chinese	廣州塔站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎngzhōu Tǎ Zhàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gwong^2zau^1 taap^3 zaam^6
General information
Location	Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
Operated by	Guangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)	Line 3      Zhujiang APM      Haizhu Tram
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	26 December 2005 (Line 3) 28 November 2010 (APM)
Services
Preceding station   Guangzhou Metro   Following station Kecun toward Panyu Square Line 3 Zhujiang New Town toward Tianhe Coach Terminal Terminus Zhujiang APM Haixinsha toward Linhexi Terminus Haizhu Tram Canton Tower East toward Wanshengwei

The station was previously called Chigang Pagoda Station (赤岗塔站), named after the nearby Chigang Pagoda which, despite being a relatively lesser-known architectural heritage in Guangzhou, was the only recognisable structure in the immediate vicinity when the station was constructed. However, after the station was opened, the Canton Tower, a new TV and sightseeing tower, was built directly above it. This iconic piece of architecture quickly became the city's new landmark, and the name of the station was often confused with Chigang station (赤岗站) of line 8, so it was changed to Canton Tower Station in December 2013 when line 6 was opened. It is the first station built for sightseeing purposes in the Guangzhou Metro system. The station is connected to an underground APM system which provides quick access to the Zhujiang New Town CBD across the river.[2]

The station is the terminus of the Haizhu Tram line of Guangzhou Trams, which runs to Wanshengwei Station.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit
L1 Concourse	Transfer passageway	Transfer passageway between Line 3 & APM Line, Buffer area of Line 3, Shops
	APM Line Lobby	Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2 Concourse & Platforms	Line 3 Lobby	Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
	Platform 4	APM  termination platform
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 3	APM  towards Linhexi (Haixinsha)
L3 Platforms	Platform 1	3  towards Panyu Square (Kecun)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	3  towards Tianhe Coach Terminal (Zhujiang New Town)

Exits

Exit number		Exit location
Exit A		Yiyuan Lu, Haizhu Tram
Exit B		Yiyuan Lu
Exit		Canton Tower
Exit		Canton Tower

References

1. simplified Chinese: 滨江东路; traditional Chinese: 濱江東路; pinyin: Bīnjiāng Dōng Lù; Jyutping: Ban¹gong¹ dung¹lou⁶
2. Chigang Pagoda Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine