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Guangzhou Metro
Sign in to saverapid transit system in Guangzhou, China
Key facts
- Owner
- Guangzhou Municipal People's Government (广州市人民政府)
- Locale
- Guangzhou , Foshan
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Daily ridership
- 9.312 million (2025 avg.) , 14.093 million (31 December 2025)
- Annual ridership
- 3.02431 billion (2025)
- Website
- GZMtr.com
- Began operation
- 28 June 1997 ; 28 years ago ( 1997-06-28 )
- Operator s
- Guangzhou Metro Corporation (广州地铁集团有限公司)
- Number of vehicles
- 814 trains (as of 2024 )
- System length
- 779.9 km (484.6 mi)
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge
- Minimum radius of curvature
- 206 m (676 ft)
- Electrification
- Overhead line , 1,500 V DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC Third rail , 1,500 V DC and 600 V 50 Hz 3-phase AC
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Guangzhou Metro (Chinese: 广州地铁; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Dìtiě; Jyutping: Gwongzau Deitit) is the rapid transit system of Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong, China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in China, after 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 Line 1 officially began. Line 1 opened four years later in 1997 with five stations in operation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guangzhou Metro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.