West Yan'an Road station

West Yan'an Road (Chinese: 延安西路; pinyin: Yán'ān Xī Lù) is the name of an interchange station between Lines 3 and 4 on the Shanghai Metro network. The station is named after Yan'an Road, and opened on 26 December 2000 as part of the initial section of Line 3 from Shanghai South Railway Station to Jiangwan Town,[1][2] and Line 4 service began here on the final day of 2005.[3]

West Yan'an Road

延安西路
Station platform
LocationKaixuan Road (凯旋路) and West Yan'an Road
Changning District, Shanghai
China
Coordinates31°12′35″N 121°25′01″E
Operated byShanghai No. 3 Metro Operation Co. Ltd.
Line(s)
Platforms2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened
  • 26 December 2000 (2000-12-26) (Line 3)
  • 31 December 2005 (2005-12-31) (Line 4)
Services
Preceding station   Shanghai Metro   Following station
Line 3
toward clockwise direction
Line 4
toward counter-clockwise direction
Location
West Yan'an Road
Location in Shanghai

During the 2021 Shanghai People’s Congress deputies suggested to change the station name to Donghua University. “Names of Metro stations should give voice to the city’s cultural and historical landmarks, of which universities are surely a part,” said Wang Hongzhi, vice dean of the College of Materials Science and Engineering at Donghua University. “It should become a rule that Metro stations located near universities are named after the institutions.”[4]

References
  1. 20年迈向世界：珍贵老照片展示上海地铁发展. Eastday (in Chinese). 27 May 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. 上海市地方志办公室 上海通网站 上海市地情资料库 上海市的百科全书. shtong.gov.cn. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. 上海市地方志办公室 上海通网站 上海市地情资料库 上海市的百科全书. shtong.gov.cn. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. Professors call for renaming Metro stations after nearby universities
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