Dongming Road station
metro station in Shanghai, China
Dongming Road (simplified Chinese: 东明路; traditional Chinese: 東明路; pinyin: Dōngmíng Lù) is an interchange station on Lines 6 and 13 of the Shanghai Metro. It began services on 29 December 2007 as a Line 6 station. It became an interchange station on 30 December 2018 with the arrival of Line 13 as part of its phase two and three extensions.
Station layout
The station has two concourses. North concourse links to lines 6 and 13, and the south concourse only links to line 6.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dongming Road station” as metro station in Shanghai, China. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as metro station in Shanghai, China. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
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 Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q877378. Authority coordinates are 31.175, 121.507. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007 and 2018.
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.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Dongming Road station”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Dongming Road station primary sources, Dongming Road station archive and Dongming research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Dongming Road station”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Dongming Road 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.