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Changchun Jie station

Beijing Subway station in Xicheng, Beijing

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5071746 ↗
Source-derived summary

Changchun Jie Station (simplified Chinese: 长椿街站; traditional Chinese: 長椿街站; pinyin: Chángchūn Jiē Zhàn) is a station on Line 2 of the Beijing Subway.

Station layout

The station has an underground island platform.

history

This station was originally a station of the Beijing Subway Phase I Project. It began trial operation on January 15, 1971. The up-line station at that time was Nanlishi Road Station. Until December 28, 1987, the Changchun Street-Beijing Station section and the Phase II Project were reorganized into a ring line, and the original Phase I Project Changchun Street-Nanlishi Road section was changed to the Changli Link Line.

Exits

There are 8 exits, lettered A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2, D1, and D2. Exit B1 is accessible.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Changchun Jie station” is beijing Subway station in Xicheng, Beijing. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Changchun, station and Beijing, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971, 1987—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-01-15. For this dossier, Changchun, station and Beijing is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “beijing Subway station in Xicheng, Beijing” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5071746. Authority coordinates are 39.898, 116.357. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971 and 1987.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. 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.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Changchun Jie station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Changchun Jie station primary sources, Changchun Jie station archive and Changchun research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Changchun Jie station”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Changchun Jie 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.