Tianpingjia station

Tianpingjia Station (Chinese: 天平架站; pinyin: Tiānpíngjià Zhàn; Jyutping: tin¹ping⁴gaa³ zaam⁶) is a station on Line 6 of the Guangzhou Metro. It is located underground in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou and started operation on 28 December 2013.^[1]

Tianpingjia 天平架
Platform
Chinese name
Chinese	天平架站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tiānpíngjià Zhàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Tin3ping4gaa3 Zaam6
General information
Location	Shatai Road (沙太路) and Xinghua Road (兴华路) Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
Coordinates	23°09′35″N 113°19′16″E
Operated by	Guangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)	Line 6
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	619
History
Opened	28 December 2013; 11 years ago (2013-12-28)
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station Shahe towards Xunfenggang Line 6 Yantang towards Xiangxue
Location

Station layout

G	-	Exits A & B
L1 Concourse	Lobby	Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Shops, Police Station, Safety Facilities, Restroom
L2 Equipment Area	-	Station equipment
L3 Platforms	Platform 2	6  towards Xunfenggang (Shahe)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	6  towards Xiangxue (Yantang)

Exits

Exit letter		Gallery	Exit location	Nearby
A			Xinghua Road	Tianpingjia Bus Terminus, Xinghua Road (Tianpingjia Metro Station) Public Bus Stop (Eastbound)
B			Xinghua Road	Shatai Road South, Guangzhou No. 75 Middle School, Guangzhou Yinli Tea Expo Center, Tianping Fruit Wholesale Market, Zhaolian Tianping Decoration Materials City, Zhaolian Tianping Daily Miscellaneous Wholesale Market, Tianpingjia Public Bus Stop (Westbound), Xinghua Road (Metro Tianpingjia Station) Public Bus Stop (Eastbound)

Gallery

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  Concourse

History

In the 1997 "Guangzhou City Urban Expressway Traffic Network Planning Study (Final Report)", the then Line 7 had a Tianpingjia station, and later in the 2003 plan, the then Line 7 was renamed Line 6, and there was also a Tianpingjia station, and the location of the station was basically the same as the current one. Subsequently, the station officially started construction in 2009.

On 13 September 2012, the station and Donghu Station officially started the installation and construction of power supply equipment.^[2] On 9 October 2012, the boring tunnel machine completed the section between Shuiyin Road (now Shaheding and Tianpingjia, marking the completion of the first phase of the line constructed using the tunnel boring method.^[3]

On 28 December 2013, the station was put into use with the opening of Line 6 trial operation.^[4]