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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Canton Tower Station

Canton Tower station (simplified Chinese: 广州塔站; traditional Chinese: 廣州塔站; Cantonese Yale: Gwóngjāu Taap Jaahm) 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 in Haizhu District, on the south bank of the Pearl River.

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.

Nearby tram station

A tram station, Canton Tower Tram Station, was the terminus of the Haizhu Tram line of Guangzhou Trams. The tram station closed permanently on 12 November 2024.

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) arrow for R
L3
Platforms
Platform 1 arrow for L  3  towards Haibang (Kecun)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2  3  towards Tianhe Coach Terminal or Airport North (Zhujiang New Town) arrow for R

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: Bangong dunglou
  2. ^ Chigang Pagoda Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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