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Baishitang station

metro station in Shenzhen, China

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ131578985 ↗
Source-derived summary

Baishitang station (Chinese: 白石塘站; pinyin: Báishítáng Zhàn; Jyutping: Baak6sek6tong4 Zaam6; Cantonese Yale: Baahksehktòng Jaahm) is a station on Line 3 of Shenzhen Metro. It opened on 28 December 2024, and is located underground in Pingdi Subdistrict in Longgang District.

The station is part of the fourth phase of Line 3 (East Extension).

Station layout

Entrances/exits

The station has 4 points of entry/exit, with Exits A and C being accessible via elevators. Exit B has a toilet.

Editorial summary

“Baishitang station” enters the record as metro station in Shenzhen, China. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Baishitang, station and metro can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2024—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Baishitang, station and metro.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Baishitang station” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Baishitang, station and metro provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q131578985. Authority coordinates are 22.778, 114.298. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2024.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Baishitang station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.