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Xingzhengzhongxin station

station of Xi'an Metro

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ15140699 ↗
Source-derived summary

Xingzhengzhongxin station (Chinese: 行政中心站) is an interchange station of Line 2 and Line 4 of the Xi'an Metro. It started operations on 16 September 2011.

Editorial summary

“Xingzhengzhongxin station” enters the record as station of Xi'an Metro. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Xingzhengzhongxin, station and Xi'an 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—2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2011-09-16. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Xingzhengzhongxin, station and Xi'an.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Xingzhengzhongxin station” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Xingzhengzhongxin, station and Xi'an 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 Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15140699. Authority coordinates are 34.343, 108.943. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. 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.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Xingzhengzhongxin station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Xingzhengzhongxin station primary sources, Xingzhengzhongxin station archive and Xingzhengzhongxin 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 “Xingzhengzhongxin station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Xingzhengzhongxin 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.