Line 22 (Guangzhou Metro)


Line 22 of the Guangzhou Metro is a partially open rapid transit express line in Guangzhou with trains operating up to. The current Phase 1 runs between and, passing in Panyu District and and in Liwan District in a north-south direction. Currently, there are train attendants on board each train. In the future, trains will operate fully driverless GoA4 mode when sufficient reliability from the signaling system has been confirmed.

Service

Route

The line currently runs from Panyu Square to Fangcun. It was originally planned to interline with Line 18 south of Panyu Square, and track connections remain at Panyu Square to allow this.
The line is an express subway line using 8 car Type D trains with an operating speed of. There is provision for future express services, with passing loops at some stations.

History

Phase 1

Phase 1 of Line 22 received planning approval in March 2017 as part of the Guangzhou Urban Rail Transit Phase III Construction Plan , running from Wanqingsha in Nansha District to Bai'etan in Liwan District. It was proposed the southern section between Wanqingsha and Panyu Square would interline with Line 18, however this did not eventuate and that section opened with Line 18 only.
Phase 1 eventually was split into two stages:
NameSegmentCommencementLengthStation
Phase 1Chentougang — Panyu Square31 March 20224
Phase 1Fangcun — Chentougang29 December 20254

Future

According to the long-term plan, Line 22 will be expanded both to the north and south from its current termini. The north extension will head to in Huadu District of Guangzhou while the southern extension will connect to Guangmingcheng railway station in Shenzhen, becoming an express line "connecting sea, land and air" with a total length of. The average passenger flow of the line when complete is predicted to exceed one million passengers per day.

North extension

The North extension of Line 22 will be in length with 10 new stations and be fully underground. The north extension will directly connect Guangzhou Baiyun Airport while passing through Guangzhou Railway Station and Guangzhou Baiyun Railway Station. On December 31, 2021, the North Extension started construction.

South extension

In 2019, Dongguan municipal government proposed Line 22 to be extended east beyond Panyu Square to Nansha Subdistrict and cross the Shiziyang Channel into Dongguan and beyond to Shajing Town in northern Bao'an District, Shenzhen. In 2020, Guangzhou Metro began soliciting bids to further investigate the extension of Line 22 into Dongguan and Shenzhen. The first section of this extension a segment from Panyu Square to Chang'an, Dongguan were officially included in Guangdong's 14th Five Year Plan in 2021 with provisions for future extension and connection with the Shenzhen Metro. The extension to Shenzhen will connect Qingsheng, Jiaomen, Nansha Passenger Port, cross the Pearl River Estuary and extend to Dongguan and finally connect to Shenzhen Guangmingcheng High-speed Railway Station.
When complete a number of different services and express and local stopping patterns will be operated, including Shenzhen/Dongguan to Baiyun Station, Nansha Passenger Ferry Terminal to Baiyun Airport North, Nansha Passenger Port to, etc.

Stations

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- Opened
- Under construction