Overseas Chinese Town station

OCT station (simplified Chinese: 华侨城站; traditional Chinese: 華僑城站; pinyin: Huáqiáochéng zhàn; Jyutping: Waa4 Kiu4 Sing4 Zaam6), also referred to as Overseas Chinese Town station in English, and formerly known as Huaqiaocheng station, is a station on Line 1 of the Shenzhen Metro. It opened on 28 December 2004. It is located underground at Shennan Dadao (Chinese: 深南大道), near Shenzhen Bay Hotel (simplified Chinese: 深圳湾大酒店; traditional Chinese: 深圳灣大酒店),[1] in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China. The station is named after Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) (simplified Chinese: 华侨城; traditional Chinese: 華僑城).[2] It is also located close to Splendid China (simplified Chinese: 锦绣中华; traditional Chinese: 錦綉中華) and China Folk Culture Village (Chinese: 民族文化村).[3]

Overseas China Town
OCT

华侨城
Shenzhen Metro
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese華僑城
Simplified Chinese华侨城
Literal meaningOverseas Chinese Town
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuá Qiáo Chéng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWaa4 Kiu4 Sing4
General information
Other namesHuaqiaocheng
LocationNanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong
China
Operated bySZMC (Shenzhen Metro Group)
Line(s)     Line 1
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
History
Opened28 December 2004 (2004-12-28)
Services
Preceding station SZM Shenzhen Metro Following station
Window of the World
towards Airport East
 Line 1 Qiaocheng East
towards Luohu
Route map
 (Up arrow Qiaocheng East)
B2F
 (Down arrow Window of the World)

Station layout
G - Exit
B1F
Concourse		 Lobby Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
B2F
Platforms		 Platform 1 ←      Line 1 towards Airport East (Window of the World)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2 →      Line 1 towards Luohu (Qiaocheng East ) →

Exits
Exit Destination
Exit A Shennan Boulevard (N), Huaxia Art Center, City Inn Xinqiao, Seaview O·City Hotel Shenzhen
Exit B Shennan Boulevard (N), Qiaocheng East Street, Overseas Chinese Town (OCT), OCT Middle School, Huaxia Art Center, Hantang Building, Walmart OCT Store
Exit C Shennan Boulevard (S), Dongfang Garden, He Xiangning Art Museum, The OCT Art & Design Gallery
Exit D Shennan Boulevard (S), China Folk Culture Village, Splendid China

See also

References
  1. Shenzhen Bay Hotel
  2. Design art finds a permanent home in SZ
  3. Huaqiaocheng Station Archived 20 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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