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Shenwan station

Shenzhen Metro station

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 authorityQ27526006 ↗
Source-derived summary

Shenwan station (simplified Chinese: 深湾站; traditional Chinese: 深灣站; pinyin: Shēnwān Zhàn; Jyutping: sam1 waan1 zaam6) is a metro station of Shenzhen Metro Line 9. It opened on 28 October 2016.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Shenwan station” as shenzhen Metro station. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Shenwan, station and Shenzhen.

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—2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Shenwan, station and Shenzhen providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Shenwan station”, the useful work is to connect “shenzhen Metro station” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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 Q27526006. Authority coordinates are 22.526, 113.974. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2016.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. 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 “Shenwan station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Shenwan station primary sources, Shenwan station archive and Shenwan 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 “Shenwan station”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Shenwan 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.