Xuanwumen station (Nanjing Metro)

Xuanwumen station

玄武门站
General information
LocationZhongyang Road and Xuanwumen Road (玄武门路)
Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu
China
Line(s)     Line 1
Other information
Station code123
History
Opened3 September 2005 (2005-09-03)
Services
Preceding station Nanjing Metro Following station
Xinmofan­malu
towards Baguazhoudaqiaonan
Line 1 Gulou
towards CPU

Xuanwumen station (simplified Chinese: 玄武门站; traditional Chinese: 玄武門站; pinyin: Xuánwǔmén Zhàn) is a station of Line 1 of the Nanjing Metro. It started operations on 3 September 2005 as part of the line's Phase I from Maigaoqiao to Andemen.

The station is named after Xuanwumen or Xuanwu Gate: the north gate of Ming Palace, Nanjing; Xuanwu itself refer to Black Tortoise, a deity for North.