Children's Palace Station (Chinese: 少年宫站; pinyin: Shàonián Gōng Zhàn) was a terminus of the MTR Shenzhen Longhua Line. It started operations on 28 December 2004. It is located at the underground of the south of Lotus Hill (Chinese: 莲花山) in Futian District, Shenzhen, China. It is adjacent to Shenzhen Children's Palace (Chinese: 深圳少年宫).
Formerly known in English by its pinyin transliteration Shaoniangong, Children's Palace was the northern terminus of the Longhua Line, before its extension to Qinghu (Chinese: 清湖站) in North Shenzhen was completed in 2010.
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