Xintang station (Guangzhou Metro)

Not to be confused with Xintang station (Hangzhou Metro).

Xintang station (Chinese: 新塘站; pinyin: Xīntáng Zhàn; Jyutping: san¹tong⁴ zaam⁶), is a station of Line 13 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 28 December 2017.^[1] The station serves the Xintang railway station and the surrounding area, with the station box itself located to the south of the railway station.

Xintang 新塘
General information
Location	Xintang, Zengcheng District, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
Operated by	Guangzhou Metro Co. Ltd.
Line(s)	Line 13
Connections	Xintang railway station
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	1309
History
Opened	28 December 2017; 7 years ago (2017-12-28)
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station Baijiang towards Yuzhu Line 13 Guanhu towards Xinsha
Route map  13  Baijiang  16  Xintang Coach Terminal  13  Guanhu
Location Map

History

A station serving the Xintang railway station first appeared in the 2003 plan for the Guangzhou Metro. At that time, it was the terminus of Line 5 connecting the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway. The plan for the station underwent many modifications - first becoming an intermediate station on a plan for Line 14, eventually becoming designated as a transfer station between Line 13 and Line 16. Construction began along with the rest of the first phase of Line 13.^[2]

In November 2015, the main structure of this site was capped. On December 28, 2017, this station was opened with the opening of the first phase of Line 13.^[3]

Construction was completed in November 2015, with the station opening along with the rest of the first phase of Line 13 on December 28, 2017.

On May 22, 2020, the station was closed along with the rest of Line 13 due to extreme rainfall in the area.^[4] It reopened on June 13 with the resumption of services between Shacun and Xinsha. ^[5]

Due to construction on the railway station, on December 7, 2022, the E1 exit was temporarily closed with the new exit C being put into operation. On September 26, 2023, exits E1-E3 and a new pedestrian passageway to the railway station opened along with the opening of the new Xintang Station.

Future

Line 16

Line 16 will eventually serve the inner tracks of the Xintang station, creating a same-direction cross-platform transfer. Space for Line 16 has already been excavated within the footprint of the existing station, and will be fitted out along with construction of the rest of the line in the future.

Line 20

Line 20 will serve the Xintang railway station as well, but on the north side of the railway in its own separate station instead of serving the existing quad-track station on the south side. There will be an out-of-station direct connection between the two stations via a dedicated transfer corridor built underneath the Xintang railway station after recent renovations. Provisions have been built for the Line 20 station where the structure is underneath the existing Xintang station.

Line 28

Line 28 is planned to have a station serving the Xintang railway station complex, however this long-term line has not had enough concrete planning for any specifics on location to be released nor provisions to be built.

Station layout

G	-	Exits
L1 Concourse	Lobby	Customer Service, Shops, Vending machines, ATMs
L2 Platforms	Platform 2	13  towards Yuzhu (Baijiang)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform	16  Provision
	Platform	16  Provision
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	13  towards Xinsha (Guanhu)

Exits

Exit letter			Gallery	Exit location	Nearby
C				Gangkou Dadaobei
D2				Xinxin Dadao	Xinxin Avenue South, Xintang Middle School, Zengcheng District, Guangzhou, Xintang Subway Station Bus Station
E1					Xinxin Avenue South, Xintang Subway Station Bus Terminal
E2
E3				Xintang railway station	Xintang Railway Station (Exit), Xintang Station Bus Terminal
E4				Xintang railway station
E5				Xintang railway station