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Xuezelu station () is a station on 
Line 2 Line 2 or 2 Line may refer to:
Public transport Americas
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of the Nanjing Metro
The Nanjing Metro is a rapid transit system serving the urban and suburban districts of Nanjing, the capital city of Jiangsu Province in the People's Republic of China.
Proposals for a metro system serving Nanjing first began in 1984, with appr ...
, located along the north side of Xianlin Avenue () in Qixia District
Qixia District () is one of 11 districts of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, China, straddling both sides of the Yangtze River.
It has an area of 80 km2 and a population of 400,000.
Natural and historical sites
Qixia Mountain is i ...
. It started operations on 28 May 2010 along with the rest of Line 2.
The station covers an area of . It is long, wide and high.
Piano stairs
In April 2011, Xuezelu station became the first station on the Nanjing Metro to feature a set of "musical stairs" leading up connecting the platform and the concourse levels; since then, has also installed similar stairs. The stairs were alternatively painted white and black like the keys of apiano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
, and with the aid of sensors on the adjacent wall, would emit pianistic sounds whenever passengers used the stairs. The utilitarian hope was that this unique feature would help attract passengers away from the adjacent escalators and lower their load. The installation of these stairs caused a large number of Nanjing residents to purposely come to the station to experience them, but also inspired other installations in other mainland Chinese cities. However, the eventual wear and tear on the sensors lead to their uninstalling in December 2012.
Nearby places
* Yadong City () * Nanjing Normal University Xianlin Campus * Yingtian Vocational College () * Nanjing International School VideoLooking west from Xuezelu station platform
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