Bailin[1]

柏林
General information
LocationCaidian District, Wuhan, Hubei
China
Coordinates30°35′05″N 113°59′21″E / 30.584728°N 113.989292°E / 30.584728; 113.989292
Operated byWuhan Metro Co., Ltd
Line(s)     Line 4
Platforms2 (2 side platforms)
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedSeptember 25, 2019 (Line 4)
Services
Preceding station Wuhan Metro Following station
Terminus Line 4 Xinmiaocun
towards Wuhan Railway Station

Bailin station (Chinese: 柏林站; pinyin: Bǎilín zhàn), is a station of Line 4 of Wuhan Metro. It entered revenue service on September 25, 2019. It is located in Caidian District and it is the western terminus of Line 4.[2][1]

Station layout

3F Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ←      Line 4 termination platform
Eastbound       Line 4 towards Wuhan Railway Station (Xinmiaocun) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
2F Concourse Faregates, Station Agent
G Entrances and Exits Exits A-D

Naming in English

In writing, the Chinese name of this station is the same with "Berlin", the capital city of Germany. The English name came from the romanization of such Chinese name was first written as "Bolin", same with the pronunciation of Berlin in Chinese, and thus it appeared in news reports jokingly as "a Wuhan Metro line that can take you to Germany".[3]

Shortly after the opening of this station, the local government decided to change the English name to "Bailin", an alternative way to pronounce the Chinese name, because the place name "Bailin" in Caidian District actually comes from a Platycladus forest in the area.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "武汉地铁"柏林站"注音已更改为"bailin"". 凤凰网转载新京报. 2019-10-04. Archived from the original on 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2019-10-05. 地名中"柏林"意为"柏树林"，因此读"bai"。根据相关记载，地名已有300年的历史。徐科长称，早前此地附近有一片柏树林，人们将居住地称为"柏林"，寓意"在有柏树林的地方建成的村庄"。
  2. ↑ "定了！地铁蔡甸线25日上午9时开通". news.cjn.cn. 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  3. ↑ "被调侃开往德国 武汉地铁柏林站注音改为"bailin"". 新浪新闻转载新京报. 2019-10-04. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  4. ↑ ""柏"的音韻方言 | 漢典". www.zdic.net (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2020-03-06.


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