Guanzhuang station ( zh, s=关庄站 , t=關莊站 , p=Guānzhuāng zhàn) is a station on

Line 15 Line 15 may refer to: * Line 15 (Beijing Subway) * Line 15 (Paris Metro) * Line 15 (Shanghai Metro) * Line 15 (São Paulo Metro) * Helsinki light rail line 15 * {{disamb ...

of the

Beijing Subway The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Direct-controlled municipality, Municipality that consists of 29 lines including 24 rapid transit lines, two airport rail links, one maglev line and two light rail, light rail tram line ...

. It was opened on December 28, 2014.

Name conflict

This station had the same English name as a station on the Batong line, also part of the

system. In Chinese this is not a problem as the station on Line 15 is called and the one on the Batong Line is called , but the government policy is to create English names from the

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...

transliteration of Chinese language, but without the tone markers; thus () and () are both rendered as ''Guanzhuang'', making them look identical. In December 2019, the () station on Batong line changed spelling to ''Guaanzhuang''.

Station layout

The station has an underground

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

Exits

There are 3 exits, lettered A, B, and C. Exit B is accessible.

Gallery

File:Guanzhuang Station (Line 15) Hall 20210504.jpg, Concourse File:Guanzhuang Station (Line 15) Platform 20210504.jpg, Platform

References

Railway stations in China opened in 2014 Beijing Subway stations in Chaoyang District {{Beijing-Subway-stub