Huaqiao metro station (Kunshan)
Huaqiao 花桥   | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 花桥 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 花橋 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Guangming Road (光明路) and Yanhu Avenue (沿沪大道) Huaqiao, Kunshan, Suzhou, Jiangsu China | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°18′02″N 121°05′59″E / 31.3006°N 121.0998°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Shanghai No. 2 Metro Operation Co. Ltd. (Shanghai Metro Line 11) Suzhou Rail Transit Group (Suzhou Rail Transit Line 11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 11 (Shanghai Metro) Line 11 (Suzhou Rail Transit) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (4 platforms) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated (Shanghai Metro Line 11) Underground (Suzhou Rail Transit Line 11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 October 2013 (Shanghai Metro Line 11) 24 June 2023 (Suzhou Rail Transit Line 11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Huaqiao (simplified Chinese: 花桥; traditional Chinese: 花橋; pinyin: Huāqiáo) is a metro station on Line 11 of the Shanghai Metro & Line 11 of the Suzhou Rail Transit. Located at the intersection of Guangming Road and Yanhu Avenue in Huaqiao, Kunshan, Suzhou, Jiangsu, it serves as the current western terminus on the branch line of Shanghai Metro Line 11 & the Eastern terminus of the Suzhou Rail Transit Line 11.[1]
History
[edit]Shanghai Metro
[edit]The station for Shanghai Metro Line 11 opened on 16 October 2013.[2] It is an elevated station. It is one of three stations in the Shanghai Metro system that is not located in the municipality of Shanghai itself, the other two being Guangming Road and Zhaofeng Road, which are adjacent on the line.[3][4]
From 26 January 2020 to 24 March 2020, and from 14 Feb 2022 to 3 April 2022, services on a segment of Shanghai Metro Line 11 between Huaqiao and Anting stations were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6][7]
Suzhou Rail Transit
[edit]The station for Suzhou Rail Transit Line 11 opened on 24 June 2023 as an underground station, which makes it an interchange between two rail systems.[8]
Structure
[edit]Huaqiao Station of Shanghai Metro is an elevated station with two side platforms, with one concourse that is compmosed of two individual paid zones. Huaqiao Station of Suzhou Rail Transit is an underground station with one island platform.
There are three transfer channels between the two parts: one for the east paid zone of Shanghai Metro Huaqiao concourse, one for the west zone, and another (in the middle) for the unpaid zone. When transferring through these transfer channels except the middle one, no extra security check is needed.
The transfer channels connects Shanghai Metro and Suzhou Rail Transit, which use different pricing systems. Passengers who use specified mobile applications and have enabled "senseless transfer" may transfer without getting out and again getting in the gates. Other passengers, including those using public transportation cards or single journey tickets, should get out and in through the gates of different systems.[9]
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The name wall of Huaqiao Station of Suzhou Rail Transit Line 11 -
The platform of Huaqiao Station of Suzhou Rail Transit Line 11 -
The sculpture in the concourse of Huaqiao of Suzhou Rail Transit Line 11 -
Transfer booth of Shanghai Metro -
Transfer booth of Suzhou Rail Transit
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References
[edit]- ^ "Line 11 opens linking Suzhou with Shanghai". Metro Report International. Railway Gazette. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ 中国首条跨省地铁今开通：江苏昆山直达上海市区. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
- ^ 昆山城市总体规划(2009-2030). Archived from the original on 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
- ^ "Huaqiao". Google Maps.
- ^ Yihong, Dong (2020-01-27). "为阻断疫情传播，上海轨交11号线花桥站至安亭站区段停运_新民社会_新民网". Xinmin.cn. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
- ^ "24日起上海轨交11号线恢复跨省运营". CCTV. 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ^ "明天起上海地铁2号线西延伸段、11号线昆山段恢复运营" (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ "Suzhou and Shanghai connect via new Metro Line 11". China Daily. 25 June 2023. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Suzhou Publish (2023-06-23). "超实用！苏州轨交11号线首末班车、大站快车、无感换乘…全知道！". WeChat publication platform (in Chinese (China)).
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