Caochangmen / Nanjing University of the Arts / Jiangsu Second Normal University station explained

Caochangmen/NUA/JSSNU
Native Name:草场门·南艺·二师
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Symbol Location:nanjing
Symbol:metro
Address:Gulou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu
Country:China
Operator:Nanjing Metro Co. Ltd.
Line:
    Structure:Underground
    Code:417 (Line 4)
    714 (Line 7, Future)
    Opened:18 January 2017 (Line 4)

    Caochangmen/NUA/JSSNU station, also known simply as Caochangmen station, is a station on Line 4 of the Nanjing Metro, and a planned interchange station with the future Line 7. It opened on January 18, 2017 alongside seventeen other stations as part of Line 4's first phase.[1] The station is oriented on an east–west axis, underneath Beijing West Road and the Caochangmen bypass tunnel. The station is named after the tunnel and two nearby universities: the Nanjing University of the Arts and the Jiangsu Second Normal University. Caochangmen Station has the longest name of any station on the Nanjing Metro network.[2]

    Station layout

    GStreet LevelExit/Entrances
    B1ConcourseFaregates, ticket machines, station agent
    B2
    Platform
    Northbound towards Xianxinlu (Gupinggang)
    Island platform, doors will open on the left
    Southbound towards Xishanqiao (Qingliangshan)
    B3
    Platform
    Westbound← towards Longjiang (Terminus)
    Island platform, doors will open on the left
    Eastbound towards Xianlinhu (Yunnanlu)
    The station is entirely underground and is split across three levels. Immediately below ground level is the station concourse with ticket machines, station agent, and the faregates. The level below has a single island platform for trains on Line 7. The lowest level has a single island platform for trains on Line 4.

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 4号线是南京地铁"换乘王". zh. Line 4 is Nanjing Metro's "transfer king". October 28, 2014. January 19, 2017.
    2. Web site: 四号线南艺·二师·草场门成最长站名. zh. NUA/JSSNU/Caochangmen Station becomes the longest station name. Jingling Evening News. February 14, 2014. January 19, 2017.