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 An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system that allows passengers to change from one route to another, often without having to leave a station or pay an additiona ...

with the future Line 7. It opened on January 18, 2017 alongside seventeen other stations as part of Line 4's first phase. 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 The Nanjing University of the Arts (NUA; ), also known as the Nanjing Arts Institute, is a university offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in fine arts, design, and related subjects. The institutional history begins in 1912, with the found ...

and the

Jiangsu Second Normal University The Jiangsu Second Normal University () (formerly named as Jiangsu Institute of Education) is located in the city of Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. It was established as a modern university in 1952, and is the only one dedicated to both teacher ...

. Caochangmen Station has the longest name of any station on the Nanjing Metro network.

Station layout

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.

References

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