English original 
Automated Translation: 
 
 
METROBITS - The world's subways unearthed.METROBITS - The world's subways unearthed.


  



Printer-friendly Printer-friendly








   

Guangzhou

(Canton), Guangdong Province, China (Asia)


Date of opening28 Jun 1999
Network length231.9 km (144.13 mi)
Stations146 (132*)
Lines8
Stations per line18.25
Avg. station distance1,680 m (1.04 mi)
Avg. line length28.99 km (18.02 mi)
*with transfer stations counted once
Numerical data by J. Serradell, 27 Feb 2011
APM included
System known asMetro
Daily ridership (by J. Kennes)5 million (2012)
Daily ridership per km (per mi)21,600 (13,400)
Fare collectionAccess/exit gates, RFID token
24-hour operationNo
TrackRight, gauge: 1435 mm
Power supplyThird rail, 825 V
Air-conditioned trainsYes
Walk-through trainsYes
Rubber-tyred trainsZhujiang people mover
Driverless linesAPM line (underground people mover) (since 2010)
Platform screen doorsYes
World Metro Database




Official map
Source: jpg, © 2005 gzmtr.com

Disclaimer: Maps are copyrighted. The previews on this page are for informational purposes only. Please respect copyright and always refer to original maps.




Departure Procedure and Sounds

"[Dong-dong] Xia4yi2zhan4" (Mandarin) – "Haa6Yat1Zaan6" (Cantonese) – "The next station is [name]" (English). "Qu4wang3 [station name and major attractions] de4 cheng2ke4, qin2 zhun2bei4", which means "Passengers for [name and attractions], please be prepared (for alighting)". – "Xia4che1shi2, Qing2xiao3xin1 lie4che4 yu3 zhan4tai2 zhi1jian1de4 kong1xi1", which means "Please mind the platform gap between the train and the platform when alighting". – "Chu4za2shi2, chi2 dan1cheng2piao4 de4 cheng3ke4, qing2jiang1 cheng2piao4 zhi2jie1 tou2ru4 zha3ji1 de4 hui2sou1kou2", which means "Passengers holding single-ride tickets, please put your tickets into the barriers when you are leaving."






Handpicked Resources

gzmtr.com Official website



Generated Links for Guangzhou Metro

Line history (cityrailtransit.com)
Photos (images.google.com)
Maps (images.google.com)
Wikipedia entry (wikipedia.org)
Urbanrail.net entry (urbanrail.net)
City information about Guangzhou (wikipedia.org)






Bookmark and Share

This page: http://mic-ro.com/metro/metrocity.html?city=Guangzhou

© 2004-2013 metrobits.org


HomeCity PagesWorld Metro DatabaseMetro Arts & ArchitectureMetro LogosResourcesForumAbout

 
Browse by city:

Adana Algiers Almaty Amsterdam Ankara Antwerp Athens Atlanta Baku Baltimore Bangalore Bangkok Barcelona Beijing Belo Horizonte Berlin Bielefeld Bilbao Bochum Bonn Boston Brasilia Brescia Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Buffalo Bursa Busan Cairo Caracas Catania Changchun Charleroi Chengdu Chennai Chiba Chicago Chongqing Cleveland Cologne Copenhagen Daegu Daejeon Dalian Delhi Detroit Dnepropetrovsk Dortmund Dubai Duesseldorf Duisburg Edmonton Essen Frankfurt Fukuoka Gelsenkirchen Genoa Glasgow Guadalajara Guangzhou Gwangju Haifa Hamburg Hangzhou Hanover Helsinki Hiroshima Hong Kong Incheon Istanbul Izmir Jacksonville Kamakura Kaohsiung Kazan Kharkov Kiev Kitakyushu Kobe Kolkata Kryvyi Rih Kuala Lumpur Kunming Kyoto Las Vegas Lausanne Lille Lima Lisbon London Los Angeles Ludwigshafen Lyon Madrid Manila Maracaibo Marseille Mashhad Mecca Medellin Mexico City Miami Milan Minsk Monterrey Montreal Moscow Mulheim Mumbai Munich Nagoya Naha Nanjing Naples New York Newark Newcastle Nizhny Novgorod Novosibirsk Nuremberg Oporto Osaka Oslo Palma de Mallorca Paris Perugia Philadelphia Pittsburgh Porto Alegre Poznan Prague Pyongyang Recife Rennes Rio de Janeiro Rome Rotterdam Rouen Saint Louis Saint Petersburg Samara San Francisco San Juan Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Seattle Sendai Seoul Seville Shanghai Shenyang Shenzhen Singapore Sofia Stockholm Stuttgart Suzhou Sydney Taipei Tama Tashkent Tbilisi Tehran The Hague Tianjin Tokyo Toronto Toulouse Turin Valencia Valencia Valparaiso Vancouver Vienna Volgograd Warsaw Washington Wuhan Wuppertal Xi'an Yekaterinburg Yerevan Yokohama
More cities...