Dongbanan station
Beijing Subway station in Chaoyang, Beijing
Dongbanan station (simplified Chinese: 东坝南站; traditional Chinese: 東壩南站; pinyin: Dōngbà Nán zhàn; lit. 'Dongba South') is a subway station on Line 3 of the Beijing Subway. It opened on December 15, 2024.
Station features
The station has an underground island platform.
Exits
There are 6 exits, lettered A, B, C1, C2, C3 and D. Exits B, C3 and D have accessible elevators.
History
The station was previously named as Pingfangcun (Chinese: 平房村; pinyin: Píngfángcūn). On January 18, 2024, it was officially renamed to Dongbanan.
Incident
On the evening of August 5, 2024, a construction worker (the person in charge of the project site of the professional subcontracting unit of the upper steel structure, the main body and the attached public area decoration, the ground shaft decoration and the square in front of the station) illegally crossed the fertilizer groove between the elevator shaft platform and the foundation pit retaining wall during the steel structure hoisting and welding operation at Exit B. Due to the lack of on-site edge protection facilities, the worker fell to the bottom of the foundation pit and died after being rescued.
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