Bailin station

Bailin^[1]

柏林
Bailin; 柏林
General information
Location	Caidian District, Wuhan, Hubei; China
Coordinates	30°35′05″N 113°59′21″E / 30.584728°N 113.989292°E
Operated by	Wuhan Metro Co., Ltd
Line(s)	Line 4
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	25 September 2019 (Line 4)
Services

Bailin station (Chinese: 柏林站; pinyin: Bǎilín zhàn), is a station of Line 4 of Wuhan Metro. It entered revenue service on 25 September 2019. It is located in Caidian District and it is the western terminus of Line 4.^[2]^[1]

Station layout

3F	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← Line 4 termination platform
	Eastbound	Line 4 towards Wuhan Railway Station (Xinmiaocun) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
2F	Concourse	Faregates, Station Agent
G	Entrances and Exits	Exits A-D

Gallery

Entrance A
Concourse
Platform

Naming in English

In writing, the Chinese name of this station is the same with "Berlin", the capital city of Germany. The English name came from the romanization of such Chinese name was first written as "Bolin", same with the pronunciation of Berlin in Chinese, and thus it appeared in news reports jokingly as "a Wuhan Metro line that can take you to Germany".^[3]

Shortly after the opening of this station, the local government decided to change the English name to "Bailin", an alternative way to pronounce the Chinese name, because the place name "Bailin" in Caidian District actually comes from a Platycladus forest in the area.^[1]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "武汉地铁"柏林站"注音已更改为"bailin"". 凤凰网转载新京报. 4 October 2019. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019. 地名中"柏林"意为"柏树林"，因此读"bai"。根据相关记载，地名已有300年的历史。徐科长称，早前此地附近有一片柏树林，人们将居住地称为"柏林"，寓意"在有柏树林的地方建成的村庄"。
^ "定了！地铁蔡甸线25日上午9时开通". news.cjn.cn. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ "被调侃开往德国武汉地铁柏林站注音改为"bailin"". 新浪新闻转载新京报. 4 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
^ ""柏"的音韻方言 | 漢典". www.zdic.net (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 6 March 2020.

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[ifeng1-1] "武汉地铁"柏林站"注音已更改为"bailin"". 凤凰网转载新京报. 4 October 2019. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019. 地名中"柏林"意为"柏树林"，因此读"bai"。根据相关记载，地名已有300年的历史。徐科长称，早前此地附近有一片柏树林，人们将居住地称为"柏林"，寓意"在有柏树林的地方建成的村庄"。

[2] "定了！地铁蔡甸线25日上午9时开通". news.cjn.cn. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[sina1-3] "被调侃开往德国武汉地铁柏林站注音改为"bailin"". 新浪新闻转载新京报. 4 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[4] ""柏"的音韻方言 | 漢典". www.zdic.net (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 6 March 2020.

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