Tiyu Xilu Station () is an

interchange station An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system that allows passengers to change from one route to another, often without having to leave a station or pay an additional ...

between Line 1 and Line 3 of the

Guangzhou Metro The Guangzhou Metro ( zh, s=广州地铁, labels=no) is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in the Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be b ...

. It started operations on 28June 1999 (for Line 1) and 26December 2005 (for Line 3). It is situated under Tiyu Road West () and Tianhe 1st South Road () in the

Tianhe District Tianhe District () is one of the eleven districts of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province. In Chinese, the name Tianhe literally means "River of Heaven", which is also a Chinese name for the Milky Way. It is bordered by Yuexiu District ...

of Guangzhou. It is near Teemall () and Guangzhou Books Center (), which makes it one of the busiest metro stations in Guangzhou. The platforms for Line 1 are in the standard island platform layout whilst on Line 3 there are two island platforms serving three tracks. Northbound services to Tianhe Coach Terminal and southbound services to Panyu Square use the outer tracks whilst the train service to the

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...

uses the single centre track. The doors open on both sides of the centre track to allow

cross-platform interchange A cross-platform interchange is a type of Interchange station, interchange between different lines at a metro (or other railway) station. The term originates with the London Underground; such layouts exist in other networks but are not commonly ...

in both directions. The station was designated as busiest in the country by a fair margin with 1,252,064 passengers per day in 2017.

Station layout

Exits

Gallery

Tiyu Xilu Station Concourse 202005.jpg, Line 1 concourse Tiyu Xilu Station Platforms 202009.jpg, Line 1 platform Tiyu Xilu Stataion Line 3 CON N.jpg, Line 3 concourse Tiyu Xilu Station Line 3 Platform For Airport S..JPG, Platform 5 (Line 3 west side platform towards Airport North) Exit E, Tiyu Xilu Station.jpg, Exit E

References

{{Guangzhou Metro , line1=yes , line3=yes , line3A=yes , APM=yes Railway stations in China opened in 1999 Guangzhou Metro stations in Tianhe District