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Eye of Shenzhen: Gangxia North Station

Location

Intersection of Shennan Avenue and Caitian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China

Reasons to visit

One of the most beautiful subway stations in China

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Opening Hours

  • 7:00-22:00

Gangxia North Station is an important station in the Shenzhen traffic network. With it unique design and convenient transfer function, Gangxia North Station is very popular among Shenzhen citizens. Gangxia North Station is also known as one of the most beautiful subway stations in China. Gangxia North Station is not only a modern subway station, but only an transportation hub in the Shenzhen metro. It is the transfer station of Shenzhen Metro Line 2, Line 10, Line 11 and Line 14. Gangxia North Station is one of the largest subway stations in Shenzhen and China. At the Gangxia North Station, you can see the beautiful Eye of Shenzhen and the Glass Tunnel, which is futuristic and full of sense of science and technology.

Why Visit Gangxia North Station

Amazing Central Dome: The shape of the cirtile of the courtyard quickly attracts many tourists from home and abroad to visit the Gangxia North Station. The circular glass skylight in the center not only brings lights to the subway station, but also with beautiful design.

Cyberpunk style and sense of futuristic: With the unique design and sense of science and technology, you can fully feel the modernity and development of Shenzhen at the subway station.

Photography experience: The atrium, platforms and glass tunnel attract many local citizens and visitors to visit the Gangxia North Station. And the wonderful design of the subway station provides photography opportunities for visitors.

Gangxia North Station
 

What to See at Gangxia North Station

Eye of Shenzhen and Glass Tunnel

The core cortile of Gangxia North Station adopts steel-concrete composite structure, which is 51.2 meters long from north to south and 48 meters wide from east to west, equivalent to the size of four basketball courts.

The eye in the middle of the courtyard is called the Eye of Shenzhen, with a diameter of 9 meters. The sunlight is reflected in the subway station through the courtyard, which is particularly transparent and bright. Through a fully transparent glass tunnel below, people can clearly see the panoramic view of subway trains flying through the tunnel.

In addition, the space in Gangxia North Station has been designed for the first time with 48x51 column-free space, and the top ceiling is spiral, staggered and orderly, forming a dense network structure.

Gangxia North Station
 

AR Experience

In the experience area of the Metaverse Center in Gangxia North Station, everyone can scan the code to participate in the AR interactive experience, and you can see the virtual and vivid giant animals here. AR virtual technology and architecture are combined in the Gangxia North Station, which is like a "Meta Universe" digital art museum.

Here, you can see the extremely lifelike "giant animals" such as giant pandas, elephants and giraffes walking leisurely in front of you, as if you could reach out and touch them.
 

Fully-Automatic Metro Route

There is fully-automatic operating metro route at Gangxia North Station, with the maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour. At Gangxia North Station, you can experience the fast development of Shenzhen and China and you will be amazing at the modernity of Shenzhen.
 

Things to Do at Gangxia North Station

Admire the Stunning Design of the Architecture

If you are interested in the unique and special architectures, you should not miss the Gangxia North Station. The Eye of Shenzhen, Glass Tunnel and fully-automatic operating subway route will all be attractive to you. You can spend some to to admire the amazing design of the atrium of the subway station carefully and slowly. And you can also see the subways passing through from the glass tunnel at the Gangxia North Station. What’s more, there is fully-automatic operating subway route at Gangxia North Station. You can admire the architecture of a metro station in Shenzhen and know about the fast development of Shenzhen via a metro station.
 

Get wonderful photos

Gangxia North Station becomes popular quickly after its photos and videos are post on the Internet. Many local citizens and visitors from home and abroad come to this subway station to view this amazing and beautiful design and get wonderful photos.

If you have enough time, you can find many locations to get wonderful photos with the Eye of Shenzhen. And the subways and glass tunnel are also good backgrounds for your photography. Kindly reminder, since Gangxia North Station is large and it is an important transfer station in Shenzhen, there are many passengers passing here everyday. Please be aware of the crowds here.

Gangxia North Station
 

Good indoor choice for hot summer

If you happen to visit Shenzhen in summer and want to avoid the heat at day, Gangxia North Station is an ideal destination for you at day because it is an indoor architecture. At day, you can take subway to the Gangxia North Station and admire the wonderful architecture in Shenzhen. You can take photos with the Eye of Shenzhen, see the subway passing via the glass tunnel and experience the AR at this stunning place, the AR experience is vivid and interesting, which is suitable for families with children.
 

Best Time to Visit Gangxia North Station

The best time to visit Gangxia North Station will depend on yourselves. Since it is an indoor architecture, it will not be influenced by weather. And you can choose when to visit Gangxia North Station by yourselves. At day, the sunlight will go through the subway station via the Eye of Shenzhen, which is beautiful and suitable for photo taking. At night, the lights of the Gangxia North Station are also gorgeous for getting wonderful photos.
 

How to Get to Gangxia North Station

Gangxia North Station is a subway station itself, which is convenient to reach by Shenzhen Metro Line 2, Line 8, Line 10, Line 11 and Line 14.

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