Guangzhou Metro Corporation
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| Owner | City of Guangzhou | |||||||||
| Locale |
Guangzhou Foshan |
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| Transit type | Rapid transit | |||||||||
| Number of lines | 10 | |||||||||
| Number of stations | 184 | |||||||||
| Daily ridership | 7.02 million (2016 Avg.) 9 million (1 May 2016 Peak) |
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| Annual ridership | 2.568 billion (2016) | |||||||||
| Website | www.gzmtr.com | |||||||||
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| Began operation | 28 June 1997 | |||||||||
| Operator(s) | Guangzhou Metro Corporation | |||||||||
| Number of vehicles | 367 trains (as of 2016[update]) | |||||||||
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| System length | 306.8 km (190.6 mi) | |||||||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||
| Minimum radius of curvature | 206 m (676 ft) | |||||||||
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| Guangzhou Metro | |||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 广州地铁 | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 廣州地鐵 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Gwóngjàu Dèihtít | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Jyutping | Gwong²zau¹ Dei⁶tit³ | ||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Guǎngzhōu Dìtiě | ||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Guǎngzhōu Dìtiě |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Gwóngjàu Dèihtít |
| Jyutping | Gwong²zau¹ Dei⁶tit³ |
Guangzhou Metro (simplified Chinese: 广州地铁; traditional Chinese: 廣州地鐵; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Dìtiě; Jyutping: Gwong²zau¹ Dei⁶tit³) is the metro system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, after those of Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai.
The earliest efforts to build an underground rapid transit system in Guangzhou date back to 1960. In the two decades that followed, the project was brought into the agenda five times, but ended up abandoned each time due to financial and technical difficulties. Preparation of what would lead to today's Guangzhou Metro did not start until the 1980s, and it was not until 1993 that construction of the first line, Line 1, officially began. Line 1 opened four years later in 1997 with five stations in operation.
As of December 2016[update], Guangzhou Metro has ten lines in operation, namely Line 1, Line 2, Line 3, Line 4, Line 5, Line 6, Line 7, Line 8, Guangfo Line, and Zhujiang New Town APM. A major portion of the metro system services the urban areas of the city, while Lines 2, 3 and 4 also reach into the suburban areas in Huadu, Baiyun District, Panyu and Nansha; Guangfo Line connects Guangzhou and Foshan and is the first metro line between two cities in the country. Daily service hours start at 6:00 am and end at midnight, and daily ridership averages over 7 million. Having delivered 2.568 billion rides in 2016, Guangzhou Metro is the fourth busiest metro system in the world, after the metro systems of Beijing, Shanghai and Seoul. Guangzhou Metro operates 184 stations, including 24 interchange stations, and 260.5 km of lines.
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