Worlda Daily: Guangzhou Metro

System name: Guangzhou Metro
Native name: 广州地铁
Operational Lines: 10                        
Rapid transit lines: 7
Intercity rapid transits: 1
People mover lines: 1
Trams: 1
Note: Excluding the Guangfo Line Foshan Section. To see the Guangfo Line Foshan Section please see: FMetro
Operators

1.Name: Guangzhou Metro Corp
Native name: 广州地铁
lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and APM.
2.Name: Guangzhou Tram
Native name: 广州电车
line: THZ1
Guangzhou Metro is the underground rail system for the city of Guangzhou in the province of Guangdong. It is the 4th oldest metro system in China, started operating at 1997. It is the metro system that has the 6th highest daily ridership, after the systems of Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, and Moscow. Guangzhou Metro currently has nine lines under operation, including Line 1, Line 2, Line 3, Line 4, Line 5, Line 6, Line 8, APM Line, Gunagfo Line Guangzhou Section.
Operational Lines
Color Line Terminals Year Opened Newest Extension Length (km) Stations
Line 1 Guangzhou East Railway Station — Xilang 1997 1999 18.5 16
Line 2 Jiahewanggang — Guangzhou South Railway Station 2002 2010 31.4 24
Line 3 Airport South – Tiyu Xilu
Tianhe Coach Terminal — Panyu Square 2005 2010 67.3 28
Line 4 Huangcun — Jinzhou 2005 2010 43.7 16
Line 5 Jiaokou — Wenchong 2009 — 31.9 24
Line 6 Xunfenggang — Changban 2013 — 24.5 22
Line 8 Jiaokou — Wenchong 2003 2010 14.8 13
Guangfo Line Kuiqi Lu — Xilang 2010 — 20.4 14
APM Line Linhexi — Canton Tower 2010 2010 3.9 9
THZ1 Canton Tower — Wanshengwei 2014 — 7.7 10

Future Expansion

The metro map of Guangzhou Metro at 2018 (excluding THZ1)
Line or Extension Terminals or the Start/End of Extension Stations
Heavy rail
Line 4 Southern Extension Jinzhou Nansha Ferry Terminal 6
Line 6 2nd Phrase Changban Xiangxue 10
Line 7 Guangzhou South Railway Station Higher Mega Center South 9
Line 8 2nd Phrase Fenghuang Xincun Baiyun Lake 12
Line 9 Gaozeng Fei'eling 8
Line 11 Guangzhou Railway Station — Guangzhou East — Pazhou Loop 32
Line 13 Yuzhu Xinagjingling 10
Line 14 Jiahewanggang
Xinhe Jiekou
Zhenglong 13
7*
Line 21 Yuancun** Zengcheng Square 19**
Guangfo Line Guangzhou Section Xilang Lijiao 7
* Not recounting Xinhe Station.
** After Line 11 is built, the section Yuancun to Tianhe Park will be switched to Line 11.

Guangzhou Metro Wiki
Currently operating heavy rail and monorail rapid transit systems in China
Northern Beijing Subway · Tianjin Metro Mid-South Changsha Metro · Wuhan Metro · Zhengzhou Metro
YRD Hangzhou Metro · Nanjing Metro · Ningbo Rail Transit
Shanghai Metro · Suzhou Rail Transit · Wuxi Metro Western Chengdu Metro · Chongqing Rail Transit
Kunming Metro · Xi'an Metro
PRD Foshan FMetro · Guangzhou Metro
Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway · Shenzhen Metro Northeast Dalian Metro · Harbin Metro · Shenyang Metro

For more information about travel and teach in Guangzhou, visit the websites bellow:
www.findworkinchina.org
www.worldaedu.com