Xilang station
Xilang station, formerly Guanggang station because of nearby Guangzhou Iron and Steel's headquarters when planning, is an interchange station between Line 1, Line 10, Line 22 and the Guangfo line of the Guangzhou Metro. It is the southern terminus of Line 1 and the western terminus of Line 10. It started operations on 28 June 1997. It is situated under Huadi Avenue South in Fangcun, Liwan District. The Guangfo line station started operations on 3 November 2010, the Line 10 station started operations on 29 June 2025 and the Line 22 station started operations on 29 December 2025, and Xilang became a four-line interchange station.
The station was the eastern terminus of Guangfo line before the extension to opened on 28 December 2015.
During COVID-19 pandemic control rules from 29 May to 24 June 2021, services of Xilang station had been largely restricted, as all entrances and exits are closed, passengers can't embark or disembark at this station, and while the trains on both lines can still stop here, passengers can only transfer between both lines within the fare zone. All entrances have been reopened in the afternoon of 24 June.
The now opened remaining section of Phase 1 of Line 22 has served the station since 29 December 2025, becoming the first four-line interchange station completely within Guangzhou Metro. North of the station, Line 1 is connected to and south of the station, Line 10 is connected to.
Station layout
The station consists of three sections, the Line 1 station on ground level, and the underground Line 10 and Guangfo line stations. The station as a whole is roughly in an inverted "L" shape, of which the station of Line 1 and the station of Line 10 are roughly parallel, and the three lines are connected by a paid area transfer passage. The station is surrounded by Huadi Avenue South, Xilang Depot, Xilang-Fangcun Bus Terminus and other nearby buildings.Toilets and nursery rooms are located in the paid area of the Line 10 concourse and the southern end of the Line 22 platforms towards.
Line 1
The Line 1 station is a three-storey station, the ground level are the platforms, the second floor is the concourse, and the third floor are offices.In addition, the third floor of the station building was reserved for the use of the Guangfo Tram planned at the time, and the planned Guangfo line decided to build its concourse and platforms underground, therefore the pre-reserved structure of the above-ground third floor was converted into offices.
Line 10
The Line 10 station is a four-storey underground station. The ground level is the exit and the transfer mezzanine towards Line 1, the first floor is the transfer level, the second floor is the concourse, the third floor is the equipment level, and the fourth floor are the platforms for Line 10.This station is a cultural themed station on Line 10, and the theme is "Harmonious Life".
Line 22
The Line 22 station is a four-storey underground station. The ground level is the exit, the second floor is the concourse and the transfer mezzanine towards Line 1, Line 10 and Guangfo line, the third floor is the equipment level, and the fourth floor are the platforms for Line 22.During construction of the Line 22 station, a two island-one side station was simultaneously built on the first floor for the future underground conversion of Line 1. The second floor and the third floors reserve conditions for access to future new buildings.
The Line 22 station has the theme of "Window of Guangfo at the Intersection of Two Cities", which highlights the visual guidance space through orange and white colors at the transfer interface with the color scheme of other lines.
Guangfo line
The Guangfo line station is a two-storey underground station. The first floor is the concourse and exit passageways, and the second floor is the platform for Guangfo line.Concourse
The concourse is divided into four parts: Line 1, Line 10, Line 22 and Guangfo line. The Line 1 concourse is on the second above-ground floor, the Line 10 and Line 22 concourses are on the second underground floor, and the Guangfo line concourse is on the first underground floor. There are elevators, escalators and stairs in the fare-paid areas of the lines for passengers to access the platforms.The station also has various convenience stores and shops, including a 7-Eleven on the Guangfo line concourse. The concourses also have self-service facilities including automatic vending machines, automatic camera booths and charging stations.
Transfer methods
At present, the transfer between the four lines is carried out through the transfer building built by Line 10 and the transfer concourse on the first floor, and the transfer between Line 1 and Lines 10 and 22 is carried out through the escalator connecting the ground transfer mezzanine of the transfer building to the Line 10 concourse on the second underground floor. As for the three lines transferring with the Guangfo line, they use the transfer concourse on the first floor, which connects to the south side of the Guangfo line concourse, and there are also escalators connecting the Line 1 and Line 10 concourses. In addition, passengers can also transfer between the four lines through a dedicated elevator connecting all four floors.In addition, Line 22 also has a transfer building that is situated between Line 1 and Line 22, but construction progress of this building is lagging behind, so Line 22 will temporarily transfer to/from Line 10 and the other lines through the transfer passage toward the south of the second floor.
Platforms
The Line 1 station uses two island platforms and a side platform located on ground level on the northwest side of the intersection of Huadi Avenue Middle and Huadi Avenue South. Line 1 adopts a turnback method before approach to the station, with the side platform and the westernmost island platform only for passengers to get off the train, and the island platform in the middle for passengers to get on the train. Line 10 has two side platforms located under the east side of the Line 1 station building. Line 22 has an island platform located on the west side of the Line 1 station building, underneath the southern bloc of the Line 1 depot. The Guangfo line has an island platform located on the east side of the Line 1 station building, underneath the eastern bloc of the Line 1 depot.This station was originally equipped with the two characters "Xilang" in the Chinese SinoType computer calligraphy font on the Guangfo line platform, but after the station was renamed, because the computer font did not support the character "塱", it was replaced with the two characters "Xilang" in ordinary Ming typefaces style. The small relief calligraphy characters on the Line 1 platform maintained the same Chinese script before and after the name change, and the characters "塱" were spliced together with the characters "lang" and "soil".
To the north of the platform of Line 1 of this station is the Xilang Depot, so some Line 1 trains will be withdrawn from service after arriving at this station during the morning and evening rush hours and for the last services of the day. These trains will enter the west or middle of the station to clear passengers, while the train and platform will broadcast a service broadcast to remind passengers not to stay on the train, then close the door and immediately return to the depot.
There is a set of crossover lines at both ends of the Line 10 platform for trains to turnback, and under normal circumstances, the crossover line at the north end of the station will be used for post-station turnback, and in addition, there are two other rails to the Guanggang New Town Depot on the main line in the direction of Huawei station.
There is a set of double-storage lines on the east side of the Guangfo line platform, and when there is a fault in the section east of Xilang, the Guangfo line can use the storage line to turnback, and use this station as the temporary terminus, in which passengers can use other means of transportation to each station along the way from to. When this station was the initial terminus between 2010 and 2015, the storage lines were also used for train turnback.
Entrances/exits
The station has 9 points of entry/exit, distributed between the Line 1, Line 10, Line 22 and Guangfo line concourses. In its initial opening, the station had Exits A and B, whilst Exits D and J were added in the Guangfo line station's initial opening. On 28 September 2016, Exit F was added, and on 1 January 2022, Exit G was added. In order to cooperate with the construction of the Line 10 station, the original Exits A and B were closed and dismantled on 14 January 2022, new Exits A and B will be constructed on the south side of the concourse, equipped with escalators and disabled elevators. Exit J was closed on 22 January the same year to facilitate construction of the temporary transfer passage. When the Line 10 station was opened, Exits C and E were added. When the Line 22 station was opened, Exits K and L were added.In addition, there are multiple sets of turnstiles in the middle of the west side of the Line 1 concourse, which can be used by employees to travel directly between the station and the nearby Xilang Depot.
- A: Huadi Avenue South
- B: Huadi Avenue South
- C: Huadi Avenue South
- D: Huadi Avenue Middle
- E: Huadi Avenue South
- F: Huadi Avenue Middle
- G: Huadi Avenue Middle, First People's Hospital Eye Otolaryngology and Oral Center
- K: Huadi Avenue South
- L: Huadi Avenue South
Usage
Since the station opened in 1997, the passenger flow has been low for more than a decade, and the station is relatively large yet deserted, as there are only Guangzhou Iron and Steel's headquarters, agricultural fields and urban villages nearby, and there are no large residential areas, commercial centers or tourist attractions. This situation remained in place until 3 November 2010, when the Guangfo line opened. As it was still a free ride day for the Asian Games, a large number of passengers waiting to take the Guangfo line gathered in the Line 1 concourse before 2 p.m., which was unprecedented in the 13 years since the station opened. The excessive number of passengers who were in a hurry to "try the new" also caused chaos for a time. Passenger flow control was implemented for more than five hours at the station.At present, as the first transfer station after the Guangfo Metro entered Guangzhou, the station has changed the deserted situation of more than ten years in the past, and many passengers between the two cities pass through this station every day, becoming an important transfer station of the Guangzhou Metro. As the Guangfo Metro continues to extend into Haizhu District, passengers travelling between Fangcun and Haizhu will also change trains at this station. At present, during the evening peak hours on weekdays and public holidays, there will be a large number of passengers waiting on platform 7 of the Guangfo line, and the waiting queue will be extended to the opposite platform 6. At the same time, due to the relatively large gap in the operating capacity between Line 1 and the Guangfo line, it is necessary to implement passenger flow control measures at this station to reduce the speed at which passengers change from Line 1 to the Guangfo line to maintain the Guangfo line operation order.