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Dapuqiao station

Shanghai Metro station

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5936524 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dapuqiao (simplified Chinese: 打浦桥; traditional Chinese: 打浦橋; pinyin: Dápǔqiáo) is a station on Line 9 of the Shanghai Metro. The station came into operation on December 31, 2009. It is located beneath the Xuhui Sun Moon Light Center.

Editorial summary

“Dapuqiao station” enters the record as shanghai Metro station. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Dapuqiao, station and Shanghai can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2009. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Dapuqiao, station and Shanghai.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

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

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 Q5936524. Authority coordinates are 31.207, 121.464. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009.

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 “Dapuqiao station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Dapuqiao station primary sources, Dapuqiao station archive and Dapuqiao 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 “Dapuqiao station”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Dapuqiao 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.