Tiyu Xilu station

Tiyu Xilu Station (simplified Chinese: 体育西路站; traditional Chinese: 體育西路站; Jyutping: tai2 juk6 sai1 lou6 zaam6; Cantonese Yale: Táiyuhk Sāilouh Jaahm; lit. 'Sports (Centre) Road West Station') is an interchange station between Line 1 and Line 3 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 28 June 1999 (for Line 1) and 26 December 2005 (for Line 3). It is situated under Tiyu Road West (体育西路) and Tianhe 1st South Road (天河南一路) in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou. It is near Teemall (天河城广场) and Guangzhou Books Center (广州购书中心), which makes it one of the busiest metro stations in Guangzhou.^[1][2][3]

Tiyu Xilu 体育西路
Line 3 platform
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	体育西路站
Traditional Chinese	體育西路站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tǐyù Xīlù Zhàn Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Táiyuhk Sāilouh Jaahm Jyutping Tai2juk6 Sai1lou6 Zaam6
General information
Location	Tianhe 1st South Road (天河南一路) and West Tiyu Road (体育西路) Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
Coordinates	23.1315°N 113.3210°E / 23.1315; 113.3210
Operated by	Guangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)	Line 1      Line 3      Line 10 (2026)
Platforms	6 (3 island platforms)
Tracks	5
Connections	APM  (Tianhenan)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	114 311
History
Opened	28 June 1999; 26 years ago (1999-06-28) (Line 1) 26 December 2005; 19 years ago (2005-12-26) (Line 3)
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station Yangji towards Xilang Line 1 Tianhe Sports Center towards Guangzhou East Railway Station Zhujiang New Town towards Haibang Line 3 Linhexi towards Airport North (Terminal 2) Shipaiqiao towards Tianhe Coach Terminal Future services Yangji East towards Xilang Line 10 Transfer at Tianhe Road Shipaiqiao towards Tianhe Coach Terminal
Location

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 Haibang station use the outer tracks whilst the train service to the airport uses the single centre track. The doors open on both sides of the centre track to allow cross-platform interchange 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.^[4]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exits A-D, G, H
L1 Concourse	Lobby	Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Shops, Police Station, Safety Facilities
	Pedestrian Passageway	Exit E
L2 Platforms	Platform 2	1  towards Xilang (Yangji)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	1  towards Guangzhou East Railway Station (Tianhe Sports Center)
L3 Platforms
	Platform 3	3  towards Haibang (Zhujiang New Town)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left (towards Haibang) or right (towards Airport North)
	Platform 5 ↑ Platform 6 ↓	3  towards Airport North[L3 1] (Linhexi)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left (towards Airport North) or right (towards Airport North or Tianhe Coach Terminal)
	Platform 4	3  towards Tianhe Coach Terminal (Shipaiqiao) Airport North[L3 2] (Linhexi)

1. The train from Airport North Station changes direction after arriving its terminal. Even though Tiyu Xilu is the terminal of the Line 3 Northern Branch, it does not terminate at this station.
2. The train from Haibang Station

Exits

Exit number		Exit location
Exit A		Tiyu Xilu
Exit B		Tianhe Nanyilu
Exit C		Tianhe Nanyilu
Exit D		Tiyu Xilu
Exit E		Tianhe Festival Walk
Exit G		Tiyu Xilu
Exit H		Tiyu Xilu

Gallery

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  Line 1 concourse
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  Line 1 platform
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  Line 3 concourse
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  Platform 5 (Line 3 west side platform towards Airport North)
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  Exit E