With this pass a senior citizen (60+ years of age) can avail 50% discount on travel. The ticket contains radio frequency tokens that the sensors on the ticket barriers detect during entry and exit. Vending machines/kiosks are available at all the stations that Guangzhou metro system.
The rule mandates that the journey should not be more than one day if not, the passenger will be charged the fare for the longest journey. There will be addition to this fare after every 4 km, 6 km and 12 km. The fare varies depending on the distance travelled for a distance of 0-4 km, the standard fare of a single journey ticket is 2 Yuan. Passengers can avail a single day journey ticket which is valid only for the date of purchase. Passengers with this card can avail huge discounts: 5% for the first 15 journeys, and 40% for all subsequent journeys every month. The metro corporation also provides certain contactless smart card Lingnan pass. Guangzhou metro system also provides group discounts, up to 10%, provided the number of travelers is 30 or more. The fare depends on distance, ranging on an average from 2 Yuan to 14 Yuan. Passengers can use the metro during 6 am to 12 pm, seven days a week. Connecting Guangzhou City and Foshan City. Connecting Fenghuang Xincun and Wanshengwei. Connecting Jiahewanggang and Guangzhou south railway station. Number of stations – 16 underground stations. Connecting Xilang and Guangzhou east railway station. In order to help the passengers distinguish, each lines are color-coded. Moreover, extensions to line 6 and line 8 are also under construction. Line 7, line 9 and line 13 are under planning to be added to the existing network. As per statistics in 2013, on an average 8.61 million passengers use this metro system for daily commute annually, the figure comes to 2.054 billion passengers.Ī major part of the metro system connect urban areas of the province. Guangzhou metro is state-owned and operated by the Guangzhou Metro Corporation.
Though the construction of line 1, east-while lane connecting Xichang to Dongshan, started in 1984 and the metro system began operation on 28 June 1997, Guangzhou metro system achieved its current stage only after the rapid expansion plans that were put into place during the 2000s.Īs of 2013, the Guangzhou metro system has 9 lines that connect a total of 164 stations. Looking at the prospect of such a tunnel which can later be used for post-war metro development, the central government set the motion to have this plan implemented. Moreover, authorities who surveyed the geological nature of the land opined that the ground is not suitable for construction of an underground metro system.įinally, after much discussion and planning, Chen Yu and Tao Zhu, the former governor of the province, pushed forward a plan to build a tunnel as part of war time evacuation strategy. The plan was brought on the table twice over the years, however, was rejected both the time due to financial and technical constraints. The system has been in discussion from early 1960 onwards. This underground rapid transit system is the brain child of Chen Yu who was the governor of the province during 1957-1967.
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