Guangzhou Metro

The Guangzhou Metro (simplified Chinese: 广州地铁; traditional Chinese: 廣州地鐵; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Dìtiě; Jyutping: Gwong²zau¹ Dei⁶tit³) ([kwàŋ.ʈʂóu.tî.tʰjè] and [kʷɔ̌ːŋ.tsɐ́u.tèi.tʰīːt̚]) is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of  Chi na . It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland  Chi na , 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 didn't start until the 1980s, and it wasn't 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 28 December 2019, Guangzhou Metro has 14 lines in operation, namely: Line  1 , Line  2 , Line  3 , Line  4 , Line  5 , Line  6 , Line  7 , Line  8 , Line  9 , Line  13 , Line  14 , Line  21 ,  Guangfo  Line, and Zhujiang New Town  APM  reaching both the urban core and surrounding suburbs. The  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 3.029 billion rides in 2018 (Guangzhou Metro) is the third busiest metro system in the world, after the metro systems of Beijing and Shanghai. Guangzhou Metro operates 271 stations, and 514.8 km (319.9 mi) of lines

Extensive development of the metro network has been planned for the decade of 2011–2020. With construction started on Line 10, Line 11, Line 12, Line 18, Line 21, Line 22, and extensions of Line  3 , Line  5 , Line  7  into Shunde, Foshan, Line  8 , Line  13 , and Line  14 . Total operational capacity is scheduled to exceed 600 km (370 mi) by 2020