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Yanghu ECO. Town station

Metro station in Changsha, China

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ106687559 ↗
Source-derived summary

Yanghu ECO. Town station (Chinese: 洋湖新城站; pinyin: Yánghú Xīnchéng Zhàn) is a subway station in Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan, China, operated by the Changsha subway operator Changsha Metro. It entered revenue service on 28 June 2020.

History

The station started the test operation on 30 December 2019. The station opened on 28 June 2020.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Yanghu ECO. Town station” as metro station in Changsha, China. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—2020, 2019—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Yanghu, Town and station can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as metro station in Changsha, China. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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 Feb 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q106687559. Authority coordinates are 28.132, 112.940. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2019.

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.

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 “Yanghu ECO. Town station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Yanghu ECO. Town station primary sources, Yanghu ECO. Town station archive and Yanghu 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 “Yanghu ECO. Town station”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Yanghu ECO. Town 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.