Martyrs' Park Station is a station on Line 1 of the Guangzhou Metro that started operations on 28 June 1997. It is located at the under the junction of Zhongshan 3rd Road and Jiaochang Road East (较场东路) in the Yuexiu District of Guangzhou. It is named "Martyrs' Park Station" because of the nearby Guangzhou Martyrs' Memorial Garden or Guangzhou Martyrs' Memorial Cemetery (广州起义烈士陵园), a park dedicated to those who fought and died in the 1927 Guangzhou Uprising by the Chinese communists against the Kuomintang.[1][2]

Martyrs' Park 烈士陵园
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	烈士陵园站
Traditional Chinese	烈士陵園站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lièshì Língyuán Zhàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping lit6si6 ling4jyun4 zaam6
General information
Location	Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
Operated by	Guangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	28 June 1999
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station Peasant Movement Institute towards Xilang Line 1 Dongshankou towards Guangzhou East Railway Station

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