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Jintai Xizhao 金台夕照
Clockwise platform
General information
Location	East 3rd Ring Road Middle Chaoyang District, Beijing China
Coordinates	39°55′01″N 116°27′42″E / 39.916838°N 116.461743°E / 39.916838; 116.461743
Operated by	Beijing Mass Transit Railway Operation Corporation Limited
Line(s)	Line 10
Platforms	2 (1 split island platform)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 19, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-07-19)
Services
Preceding station Beijing Subway Following station Hujialououter loop / anticlockwise Line 10 Guomaoinner loop / clockwise
Location Jintai XizhaoLocation in central Beijing

Jintai Xizhao station (Chinese: 金台夕照站; pinyin: Jīntái Xīzhào Zhàn; lit. 'The Golden Terrace in the Glow of the Setting Sun') is a subway station on Line 10 of the Beijing Subway. It is located along East 3rd Ring Road Middle between China National Highway 102, known as Chaoyangmen Outer Street to the west of the 3rd Ring Road and Chaoyang Road to the east, and Guanghua Road.

Name

The name originated from one of the Eight Sights of Yanjing. Jintai Xizhao literally means The Golden Terrace in the Glow of the Setting Sun. In 2002, a stone tablet of Jintai Xizhao written by Qianlong Emperor was unearthed under the Jingguang Building the stone tablet was placed near the building after its discovery. The Beijing Subway station was named after the stone tablet when the first phase of Line 10 was opened in 2008.

Station layout

The station has an underground island platform.

Exits

There are 4 exits, lettered A, B, C, and D. Exits A and B are accessible.

References

1. "Jpg格式线路图下载 | 北京地铁官方网站".
2. ^ "The Eight Great Sights of Yanjing". Archived from the original on 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2021-09-19. The Golden Terrace in the Glow of the Setting Sun (Jintaixizhao)
3. 徐铁猊 (2018-10-12). ""金台夕照"今何在" (in Chinese (China)). 北京晚报. Archived from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2021-05-25.

External links

• Media related to Jintai Xizhao Station at Wikimedia Commons

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