Line 11 (Guangzhou Metro)
metro line of Guangzhou Metro
Line 11 of the Guangzhou Metro (Chinese: 广州地铁11号线; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Dìtiě Shíyīhàoxiàn) is a fully automated rapid transit line in Guangzhou. It is a loop line around the city center, connecting Guangzhou railway station, Guangzhou East railway station, Pazhou, and Fangcun. It opened on 28 December 2024, minus Guangzhou Railway Station due to national rail station renovation requirements from China Railways.
Route
The line forms a 44.2-kilometre (27.5 mi) ring around the edge of the dense central areas of Guangzhou, allowing circumferential and tangential traffic to avoid transferring at the congested city center stations. As such, 19 of the line's 31 stations plan to have transfers with other lines. In addition, the line will act as a distributor for the numerous Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region intercity railways, and the suburban radial subway lines (Guangzhou Metro Line 14, Line 21, Line 22 and Foshan Metro Line 11) that are expected to terminate at stations on Line 11.
History
Planning
In 1997 the "Guangzhou City Rapid Rail Transit Network Planning Study (Final Report)" proposed ring line 5 as an alternative to the B program. It followed a closed loop roughly along Newport Road, Changgang Road, Fangcun Avenue, Huangsha Avenue, Huanshi Road and the current Guangzhou New Central Axis. However, the final recommendation was for the A-ring program, so it was not adopted.
In 2008, a new round of rail transit network planning again proposed a loop line.
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