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Dongwu Boulevard station

wuhan 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 revisionJul 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ10869765 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dongwu Boulevard Station (Chinese: 东吴大道站) is a station on Line 1 of the Wuhan Metro. It was previously the western terminus of Line 1 until December 26, 2017. It entered revenue service on July 29, 2010. It is located in Dongxihu District.

Station layout

Transfers

Bus transfers to Route 746, 528, H81 and HM1 are available at Dongwu Boulevard Station.

Editorial summary

“Dongwu Boulevard station” enters the record as wuhan Metro station. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Dongwu, Boulevard and station 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—2017, 2010—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2010. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Dongwu, Boulevard and station.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Dongwu Boulevard station” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Dongwu, Boulevard and station 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 Jul 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10869765. Authority coordinates are 30.627, 114.123. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017 and 2010.

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 “Dongwu Boulevard station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Dongwu Boulevard station primary sources, Dongwu Boulevard station archive and Dongwu 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 “Dongwu Boulevard 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 “Dongwu Boulevard 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.