Line 2, Guangzhou Metro

Line 2, Guangzhou Metro
Platform of The 2nd Workers' Cultural Palace Station
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Guangzhou Metro
Status	Operational
Locale	Guangzhou, China
Termini	Guangzhou South Railway Station Jiahewanggang
Stations	24
Services	1
Daily ridership	1.64 million (2014 Peak)[1]
Operation
Opened	29 December 2002
Owner	City of Guangzhou
Operator(s)	Guangzhou Metro Corporation
Character	Underground
Technical
Line length	31.4 km (19.51 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Overhead lines, 1,500 V DC
Route map Legend Airport South Jiahe Depot Jiahewanggang 3  14  Tiyu Xilu Huangbian Jiangxia Xiao-gang Baiyun Culture Square Baiyun Park 12  Chatou – Higher Edu Mega Ctr South Feixiang Park Sanyuanli Jingguang/Guangshen Guangzhou Railway Station 5  11  14  Jiaokou – Wenchong Yuexiu Park Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Connection with Line 1 Gongyuanqian 1  Xilang – GZ East Railway Station Haizhu Square 6  Xunfenggang – Changban Pearl River The 2nd Workers' Cultural Palace Jiangnan West Connection with Line 8 Changgang 8  Fenghuang Xincun – Wanshengwei Jiangtai Lu Dongxiao South Nanzhou Guangfo  Kuiqi Lu – Lijiao Pearl River Luoxi Sanzhixiang Watercourse Nanpu Dashi Watercourse Huijiang Higher Edu Mega Ctr South Shibi 7  GZ South Railway Station 7  Jingguangshengang/Guangzhu Dazhou Stabling Yard Dazhou Depot, Line 7 Reserved extension

Line 2 of the Guangzhou Metro (Chinese: 广州地铁2号线; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Dìtiě Èr Hào Xiàn) or Jiahe Line (Chinese: 嘉禾线; pinyin: Jiāhé Xiàn) is a south-north line on the system that runs from Guangzhou South Railway Station to Jiahewanggang, with a total length of 31.4 km with 24 stations. All stations in Jiahe Line are underground.^[2] Line 2's color is blue.

The line previously ran together with Line 8 on a single route between Sanyuanli and Wanshengwei stations until the extensions to both lines officially opened on September 25, 2010.^[3]

• December 29, 2002: Jiangnanxi - Sanyuanli
• September 25, 2010: Sanyuanli - Jiahewanggang
• September 25, 2010: Guangzhou South - Jiangnanxi

Service routes

• Guangzhou South Railway Station — Jiahewanggang
• Jiangtai Lu — Sanyuanli

Stations

Service routes		Station №	Station Name English	Station Name Hanzi	Platform Types	Transfer/Connection	Location
●		2 01	Guangzhou South Railway Station	广州南站	island (und)	via Guangzhounan	Panyu
●		2 02	Shibi	石壁	island (und)
●		2 03	Huijiang	会江	island (und)
●		2 04	Nanpu	南浦	island/side (und)
●		2 05	Luoxi	洛溪	island (und)
●		2 06	Nanzhou	南洲	island (und)		Haizhu
●		2 07	Dongxiaonan	东晓南	ESP sol./side (und)
●	●	2 08	Jiangtai Lu	江泰路	island (und)
●	●	2 09	Changgang	昌岗	island (und)	8  (8 19)
●	●	2 10	Jiangnanxi	江南西	side (und)
●	●	2 11	The 2nd Workers' Cultural Palace	市二宫	island (und)
●	●	2 12	Haizhu Square	海珠广场	island (und)	6  (6 10)	Yuexiu
●	●	2 13	Gongyuanqian	公园前	ESP sol. (und)	1  (1 09)
●	●	2 14	Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall	纪念堂	island (und)
●	●	2 15	Yuexiu Park	越秀公园	side (und)
●	●	2 16	Guangzhou Railway	广州火车站	island (und)	5  (5 06) via Guangzhou
●	●	2 17	Sanyuanli	三元里	island (und)		Baiyun
●		2 18	Feixiang Park	飞翔公园	split (und)
●		2 19	Baiyun Park	白云公园	split (und)
●		2 20	Baiyun Culture Square	白云文化广场	split (und)
●		2 21	Xiao-gang	萧岗	island/side (und)
●		2 22	Jiangxia	江夏	split (und)
●		2 23	Huangbian	黄边	split (und)
●		2 24	Jiahewanggang	嘉禾望岗	2x island, CPI (und)	3  (3 10)

Headways

Date	Period	Termini	Hours	Frequency	Frequency Type
Monday thru Friday	AM Peak	Jiangtai Lu—Sanyuanli	7:30 — 9:30	2 min. & 30 sec.	2 long-trains 1 short-train
		Guangzhou South—Jiangtai Lu / Sanyuanli—Jiahewanggang		3 min. & 30 sec.
	PM Peak	Guangzhou South—Jiahewanggang	16:30 — 19:45	2 min. & 50 sec. ~ 3 min. & 30 sec.	Long-trains only
	Mid		7:00 — 7:30 / 9:30 — 16:30 / 19:45 — 21:30	3 min. & 30 sec.
	Low		6:00 — 7:00/21:30 — 23:30	6 min. & 30 sec.
Saturday & Sunday	Peak		11:00 — 19:15	3 min.
	Mid		7:00 — 11:00 / 19:15 — 21:30	3 min. & 30 sec.
	Low		6:00 — 7:00 / 21:30 — 23:30	6 min. & 30 sec.

References

1. "861万！地铁客流再创新高！". Guangzhou Metro Corporation. 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
2. Guangzhou Metro Light Rail System, China
3. "Dates fixed for opening of six new metro lines GDNews www.newsgd.com". Newsgd.com. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2013-07-12.