Tiyu Xilu station

Tiyu Xilu Station is an interchange station between Line 1 and Line 3 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 28June 1999 and 26December 2005. It is situated under Tiyu Road West and Tianhe 1st South Road in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou. It is near Teemall and Guangzhou Books Center, which makes it one of the busiest metro stations in Guangzhou.
The station was designated as busiest in the country by a fair margin with 1,252,064 passengers per day in 2017.

Station layout

The track layout on Line 3 through this station is very complex. Line 3 branches immediately north of the station, with a branch to Airport North, along with the mainline to Tianhe Coach Terminal. There is also a middle turnback with a platform on both sides.
Trains coming from the south enter platform 4 and can continue to either Airport North or Tianhe Coach Terminal. Trains from both Tianhe Coach Terminal and Airport North enter on platform 3 and continue south. As there is insufficient capacity with the two branches combining, some trains from Airport North terminate using the middle track and return to Airport North. There are platforms on both sides of the middle track to allow easy cross-platform interchange for passengers transferring to/from these trains.