Line 2 (Guangzhou Metro)

Line 2 of the Guangzhou Metro is a north-south line on the system that runs from Guangzhou South Railway Station to Jiahewanggang, with a total length of 31.4 km (19.5 mi) with 24 stations. All stations in Jiahe Line are underground.[4] Line 2's color is blue.

Line 2
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Platform of The 2nd Workers' Cultural Palace
Overview
Other name(s)	M2 ("十" shape plan name) M2 / M3e / L1 (5 lines plan name) M2 (7 lines plan name) M2 / GZn (2000 plan name) Jiahe line (嘉禾线)
Status	Operational
Owner	City of Guangzhou
Locale	Panyu, Haizhu, Yuexiu, and Baiyun districts Guangzhou, Guangdong
Termini	Guangzhou South Railway Station Jiahewanggang
Stations	24
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Guangzhou Metro
Services	1
Operator(s)	Guangzhou Metro Corporation
Rolling stock	CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Metro cars 26 Bombardier Movia and 130 CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Metro cars based in Movia design (extinct)[1]
Daily ridership	1.32 million (2017 daily average)[2] 1.64 million (2014 Peak)[3]
History
Opened	29 December 2002
Technical
Line length	31.4 km (19.51 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Overhead lines, 1,500 V DC
Route map  3  to Airport North  14  to Dongfeng Jiahe Depot Jiahewanggang  3   14   14  │  3  to Tiyu Xilu Huangbian Jiangxia Xiao-gang Baiyun Culture Square ( 12 )  12  to Xunfenggang to Higher Education Mega Center South Baiyun Park Feixiang Park Sanyuanli  14  │  11  anti-clockwise Guangzhou railway station Jingguang railway & Guangshen railway Guangzhou Railway Station  5  ( 11   14 )  5  to Jiaokou to Wenchong  11  anti-clockwise Yuexiu Park Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall ( 13 )  13  to Chaoyang to Xinsha connection to Line 1 Gongyuanqian  1   1  to Xilang to Guangzhou East railway station Haizhu Square  6   6  to Xunfenggang to Xiangxue Pearl River The 2nd Workers' Cultural Palace ( 19 ) Jiangnanxi connection to Line 8 Changgang  8   8  to Jiaoxin to Wanshengwei Jiangtai Lu ( 11 )  11  clockwise anti-clockwise Dongxiaonan ( 10 ) Nanzhou  Guangfo   Guangfo  to Xincheng Dong to Lijiao Pearl River Luoxi Sanzhixiang Creek Nanpu Dashi Creek Huijiang  7  to Higher Education Mega Center South (Shuixi North) Shibi  7  Guangzhou South Railway Station  7  ( 22 )  2 ) Guangzhou South railway station to Jingguangshengang │ to Guangzhu Dazhou Yard Dazhou Depot (Line 7)  7  To Midea Avenue

Line 2
Simplified Chinese	广州地铁2号线
Traditional Chinese	廣州地鐵2號線
Cantonese Yale	Gwóngjāu Deihtit Yih Houh Sin
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎngzhōu Dìtiě Èr Hào Xiàn Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gwóngjāu Deihtit Yih Houh Sin Jyutping gwong2 zau1 dei6 tit3 ji6 hou6 sin3 Canton Romanization guong2 zeo1 déi6 tid3 yi6 hou6 xin3

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 25 September 2010.[5]

History

Line 2 drawn to scale.

The former alignment of Line 2 drawn to scale.

• 1984 - The municipal government set up the Preparation Office of Guangzhou Metro.
• 14 March 1988 - Chinese and French co-planning team publish four tentative designs of Line 1 and Line 2.
• 28 July 1998 - Construction of Line 2 phase 1 officially commenced.
• 29 December 2002 - the first section of Line 2 phase 1 enter operation.
• 28 June 2003 - the second section of Line 2 phase 1 enter operation.
• 2004 - The Line 2 and 8 realignment project; and Line 2 revise phase 2 (northern extension and southern extension) was announced. Creating Line 8 by splitting off the southeastern section (Xiaogang to Wanshengwei) from Line 2.
• 26 December 2005 - Pazhou to Wanshengwei extension enter operation and the entire Line 2 phase 1 was completed.
• June 2007 - Line 2 and 8 realignment project; and Line 2 new phase 2 was approved by the NDRC.
• 1 August 2007 - Construction of Line 2 and 8 realignment project; and Line 2 phase 2 officially commenced.
• 21 September 2010 - Services of train bound between Sanyuanli to Wanshengwei ends.
• 22–24 September 2010 - Temporarily suspension of operation on Line 2.
• 25 September 2010 - Line 2 and 8 realignment project; and Line 2 phase 2 was completed and the entire line resumed operation.

Segment	Commencement	Length	Station(s)	Name
Xiaogang — Sanyuanli	29 December 2002	8.9 km (5.53 mi)	9	(initial phase)
Pazhou — Xiaogang	28 June 2003	9.0 km (5.59 mi)	7	Pazhou extension
Wanshengwei — Pazhou	26 December 2005	1.8 km (1.12 mi)	1	Wanshengwei extension
Xiaogang — Wanshengwei	21 September 2010	−10.8 km (−6.71 mi)	-9	Line 2 & 8 realignment project
Sanyuanli — Jiahewanggang	25 September 2010	10.3 km (6.40 mi)	7	Realignment northern extension
Guangzhou South — Jiangnanxi		12.7 km (7.89 mi)	9	Realignment southern extension

Service routes

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

Stations

Service routes		Station №		Station name		Connections	Distance km		Location
				English	Chinese
●		2 01		Guangzhou South Railway Station	广州南站	7   GZ  IZQ	0.00	0.00	Panyu
●		2 02		Shibi	石壁	7	1.24	1.24
●		2 03		Huijiang	会江		2.27	3.51
●		2 04		Nanpu	南浦		2.46	5.97
●		2 05		Luoxi	洛溪		1.17	7.14
●		2 06		Nanzhou	南洲	Guangfo	2.31	9.45	Haizhu
●		2 07		Dongxiaonan	东晓南	10	1.02	10.47
●	●	2 08		Jiangtai Lu	江泰路	11	1.90	12.37
●	●	2 09		Changgang	昌岗	8	1.15	13.52
●	●	2 10		Jiangnanxi	江南西		0.85	14.37
●	●	2 11		The 2nd Workers' Cultural Palace formerly Shi Er Gong	市二宫		1.08	15.45
●	●	2 12		Haizhu Square formerly Hai Zhu Guang Chang	海珠广场	6	1.05	16.50	Yuexiu
●	●	2 13		Gongyuanqian	公园前	1	1.26	17.76
●	●	2 14		Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall	纪念堂	13	0.76	18.52
●	●	2 15		Yuexiu Park	越秀公园		0.90	19.42
●	●	2 16		Guangzhou Railway Station	广州火车站	5   11   14   GS  GZQ	1.03	20.45
●	●	2 17		Sanyuanli	三元里		1.41	21.86	Baiyun
●		2 18		Feixiang Park	飞翔公园		1.17	23.03
●		2 19		Baiyun Park	白云公园		1.62	24.65
●		2 20		Baiyun Culture Square	白云文化广场	12	1.03	25.68
●		2 21		Xiao-gang	萧岗		1.04	26.72
●		2 22		Jiangxia	江夏		1.55	28.27
●		2 23		Huangbian	黄边		1.25	29.52
●		2 24		Jiahewanggang	嘉禾望岗	3   14	1.82	31.34

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 Railway Station—Jiangtai Lu / Sanyuanli—Jiahewanggang		3 min. & 30 sec.
	PM Peak	Guangzhou South Railway Station—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. http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/guangzhou/
2. http://www.gzmtr.com/ygwm/gsgk/qynb/201806/P020180627541408016222.pdf
3. 861万！地铁客流再创新高！. Guangzhou Metro Corporation. 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
4. Guangzhou Metro Light Rail System, China
5. "Dates fixed for opening of six new metro lines GDNews www.newsgd.com". Newsgd.com. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2013-07-12.