Gulou station (Nanjing Metro)

Gulou station (simplified Chinese: 鼓楼站; traditional Chinese: 鼓樓站; pinyin: Gǔlóu Zhàn; lit.: 'bell tower station'), is an interchange station on Line 1 and Line 4 of the Nanjing Metro.[1] Opened on 3 September 2005 for the Line 1 portion of the station, Gulou station is among the first Nanjing Metro stations to open for passenger service.[2] The line 4 section of the station opened on 18 January 2017,[3] with cultural exhibits lining the station's walls.[4] Located underneath a roundabout that links to Beijing West Road, Beijing East Road, Zhongyang Road, Zhongshan Road and Zhongshan North Road, Gulou station is located near Gulou Hospital, Nanjing University's Gulou campus, and is right underneath the Zifeng Tower.

Gulou 鼓楼
Location	Gulou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu China
Line(s)	Line 1      Line 4
History
Opened	3 September 2005 (2005-09-03) (Line 1) 18 January 2017 (2017-01-18) (Line 4)
Services
Preceding station   Nanjing Metro   Following station Xuanwumen toward Maigaoqiao Line 1 Zhujianglu toward CPU Yunnanlu toward Longjiang Line 4 Jimingsi toward Xianlinhu

References

1. 南京地铁一号线 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 8 May 2013.
2. 大事记. Nanjing Metro. Retrieved 24 July 2018. 9月3日 南京地铁一号线一期工程开通试运营
3. 对接4号线，地铁鼓楼站将改造 [To aid in interchanging with Line 4, improvements to be made to Gulou station] (in Chinese). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
4. 南京地铁1号线鼓楼站增设金陵廉史二十四景 将随4号线开通同时亮相 [Metro line 1's Gulou station will be opened with more Jinling history] (in Chinese). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2017.