Overview | |||
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Owner | City of Foshan & Guangzhou | ||
Locale |
Foshan Guangzhou |
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Transit type | Rapid transit | ||
Number of lines | 1 | ||
Number of stations | 22 | ||
Daily ridership | 268,000 (2015 peak) | ||
Website | www.fmetro.net | ||
Operation | |||
Began operation | 3 November 2010 (28 October 2010 Public Trial) |
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Operator(s) | Foshan Railway Investment Construction Group |
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Technical | |||
System length | 34.4 km (21.4 mi) | ||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Electrification | Overhead lines | ||
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Traditional Chinese | 佛山地鐵 | ||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 佛山地铁 | ||||||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Fóshān Dìtiě |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Yale Romanization | Fātsāan Dèihtít |
Jyutping | Fat1saan1 Dei6tit3 |
Foshan Metro (Chinese: 佛山地铁; branded as FMetro) is the metro system of the city of Foshan in Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Foshan Railway Investment Construction Group and partly by Guangzhou Metro Corporation and is the tenth metro system to be built in mainland China. Construction began in 2002 and the first line opened on 3 November 2010. The metro system has two new lines and one extension under construction.
Line 1, also known as the Guangfo Metro, is an intercity line that connects Guangzhou and Foshan. The line is operated by Guangdong Guangfo Inter-City Co., Ltd., a subsidiary co-owned by Guangzhou Metro (51%) and FMetro (49%). The first section of the line, from Yangang to Kuiqi Lu in Foshan, opened for operation in November 2010. The extension from Yangang to Lijiao will open in 2016.
The first phase of Line 2 are approved and scheduled to be completed by 2018. It will run from Nanzhuang to Guangzhou South.
The first phase of Line 3 are approved and scheduled to be completed by 2018. It will run from Shishan to Ronggui.
There was a debate between Foshan and Guangzhou over fares of Guangfo metro. The debate has since been settled as Foshan accepted Guangzhou's fare proposal. FMetro will give out 16,000 tickets for free once it begins to operate on November 2010.