Line 14
Line 14 train nearMali
Overview
Other names	M14 / M14b (plan name) Conghua line (Chinese:从化线)
Status	In Operation
Owner	City of Guangzhou
Locale	Baiyun,Huangpu andConghua districts Guangzhou,Guangdong
Termini	Mainline:Lejia Road—Dongfeng Branch line:Xinhe—Zhenlong
Stations	29
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Guangzhou Metro
Services	3
Operator(s)	Guangzhou Metro Corporation
History
Opened	28 December 2017; 7 years ago (2017-12-28)
Technical
Line length	84.19 km (52.31 mi)
Character	Underground and elevated
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Third rail, 1,500 VDC (Overhead lines with same voltage installed in depot)
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map Legend Dongfeng Liuxi River Conghua Coach Terminal Dengcun Depot Chicao Shengang Taiping Knowledge City Branch Line  21  toZengcheng Square Zhenlong  21  Zhenlong Stabling Yard  21  toTianhe Park Zhenlongbei Tangcun Wangcun Hetangxia SSGKC Fengxia Xinnan Hongwei Xinhe Mali Jinggang'ao Expressway (Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau) Zhongluotan Zhuliao Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway Taihe Shihu Stabling Yard Xialiang Baiyun Dongping  3  toAirport North (Terminal 2) Jiahe Depot (Line 2, Line 3) Jiahewanggang  2  3   3  toTiyu Xilu /Haibang Pengbian Helong Hebian Mawu Xinshixu  12   12  toXunfenggang toHigher Education Mega Center South Yunxiao Road Lejia Road  11 Inner Circle Guangzhou railway station Jingguang railway &Guangshen railway Guangzhou Railway Station  2  5  11   5  toJiaokou toWenchong  11 Outer Circle  2 toGuangzhou South This diagram: view talk edit

Line 14 of theGuangzhou Metro is arapid transit line serving the city ofGuangzhou. LikeLine 21, Line 14 is a rapid suburban metro line envisioned to promote development in Guangzhou's northeast regions. Unlike other Guangzhou Metro lines, Line 14 containspassing loops at some stations to allow for express service between the city center and the outlying district ofConghua.^[1] Trains on Line 14 reach a maximum service speed of 120 km/h (75 mph),^[2] allowing for passengers to travel from outer Guangzhou to the city center in one hour. Line 14 actually consists of two independent services - a mainline which opened on 28 December 2018, connectingLejia Road inBaiyun toDongfeng inConghua and a shuttle branch referred to as the Knowledge City Line, which runs fromXinhe inBaiyun toZhenlong inHuangpu.^[3] Passengers can use across-platform interchange to transfer between the Line 14 mainline and the Knowledge City Line atXinhe station. An extension south toGuangzhou railway station is currently under construction, with long-term plans to separate the Knowledge City branch into its own line asLine 27.

The rough route now served by Line 14 was first proposed in the 1987 "Cross Line Network" plan as part of the then-proposed Line 2. Portions of the route were designated for subway lines in both the 1997 and 2003 plans as well. The current version of Line 14 was first proposed in the 2008 long term plan, following the Guangcong route of the old Line 9 and the airport route of the old Line 2. After Taihe, it continued southward, passing through Jiahe and Xinshi, ultimately terminating at Guangzhou Railway Station. The line was split in two phases for construction with Jiahewanggang as the dividing point, both of which were submitted for approval and built separately.

In 2010, in order to implement Guangzhou City's "Northern Excellence" development strategy and support the regional development of Conghua and Knowledge City, the "Guangzhou Rail Transit Construction Plan for 2011-2015 and the 2020 Planning Plan Announcement" proposed the construction of the first phase of Line 14 and branch lines. At that time, the Knowledge City branch line ran from Xinhe Station to Knowledge City South Station with three stations along the way, which was later extended to Zhenlong to facilitate a connection to Line 21. On August 13, 2012, the second environmental assessment of Line 14 Phase I was released with the main line serving 13 stations, including 6 underground stations and 7 elevated stations. Initially, the main line and branch lines of the first phase of Line 14 were planned to start construction in 2011 and be opened to traffic in 2015, however initial construction was delayed. According to the approval document from the National Development and Reform Commission, the main line was planned to start construction between 2013 and 2017, while the construction of the Knowledge City line would be dependent on the degree of surrounding development.

On August 13, 2012, the Ministry of Environmental Protection published the second environmental impact report.^[4] In April 2013, Taihe Station was changed from elevated to underground, and the parking lot originally located near Dongping Station was changed to be connected to Taihe Station. In March 2014, the first phase of Line 14 and the Knowledge City branch line were approved by the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission to start construction. Tunnel boring began in March 2015. In May 2017, the main structure of Zhenlong Station was finished, marking the completion of structural construction of all stations on the Knowledge City branch line. On May 28, tunnel boring from Xinnan Station to Fengxia Station was finished, marking the completion of the entire tunnel of the Knowledge City branch line. On August 22, all tracks of the Knowledge City Line were successfully completed. On November 2, the main structure of Jiekou (now Dongfeng Station), the largest station in the first phase of Line 14, was completed. On January 30, 2018, the main structure of Zhongluotan Station was finished, marking the completion of the main structure project of all stations in the first phase of the main line. On May 8, tunnel boring from Jiekou Station (now Dongfeng Station) to Jiangpu Station (now Conghua Passenger Terminal) was completed.

Line 14 was constructed alongside major works on Xinguangcong Road. Original plans had the construction of the metro occurring after completion of roadway reconstruction, however delays in starting the roadway project led to Line 14 being constructed first. Xinguangcong Road was fully open to traffic in June 2021, four years after completion of Line 14.

The first stage of Line 14 to begin service was the section between Xinhe and Zhenlong, now known as the Knowledge City Line (Chinese:知识城线). It opened on December 28, 2017 as a standalone line separate from the rest of the system.^[5] The current mainline section between Jiahewanggang and Dongfeng opened a year later on December 28, 2018.^[6] Phase 2 opened between Jiahewanggang and Lejia Road on 29 September 2025.^[7]

The second phase of Line 14 extends the mainline south to Guangzhou Railway Station from Jiahewanggang. The extension is about 11.74 km (7.29 mi) long, and is entirely underground with 8 new stations. It will have shorter station spacing than the rest of the mainline in order to better serve denser areas closer to the city center, with an average station spacing of 1.46 km (0.91 mi). The electrical substation atBaiyun Culture Square was expanded to meet the necessary power requirements.

This section received project approval by the National Development and Reform Commission in late March 2017, with the work feasibility report approved in early January 2018. A groundbreaking ceremony occurred on 19 November 2018, with official construction beginning shortly later.^[8] On June 30, 2019, the firsttunnel boring machine departed south from the Jiahewanggang Station construction site.

Due to renovation requirements of thenational rail station atGuangzhou railway station, construction for this station was postponed, therefore the section betweenJiahewanggang andLejia Road opened first on 29 September 2025.^[7]

Current long-term plans have the Knowledge City Line splitting off from Line 14 to be its own standalone route,Line 27. These plans include a southeastern extension fromZhenlong down pastXinsha onLine 13 and crossing theDongjiang river intoDongguan.

Line 14 currently hosts 3 separate service patterns:

• Lejia Road —Dongfeng Local: Mainline local services, stop at every stations on mainline
• Lejia Road —Dongfeng Express: Mainline limited express services, stop all stations between Lejia Road and Baiyun Dongping, then Xinhe, Conghua Coach Terminal, Dongfeng
• Xinhe —Zhenlong: Knowledge City branch line service operating independently from mainline services

• L - local services
• R - rapid express services
• BL - branch line local services

Section	L	R	B L	Station №		Station name		Connections	Future Connections	Distance km		Location
						English	Chinese
Phase 2				1401		Guangzhou Railway Station[a]	广州火车站	2 216  5 506GZQ	11 1114  22			Yuexiu
	●	●		1402		Lejia Road	乐嘉路					Baiyun
	●	●		1403		Yunxiao Road	云霄路
	●	●		1404		Xinshixu	新市墟	12 1207
	●	●		1405		Mawu	马务
	●	●		1406		Hebian	鹤边
	●	●		1407		Helong	鹤龙
	●	●		1408		Pengbian	彭边
Phase 1	●	●		1409		Jiahewanggang	嘉禾望岗	2 224 3 325		0.00	0.00	Baiyun
	●	●		1410		Baiyun Dongping	白云东平		18	4.31	4.31
	●	｜		1411		Xialiang	夏良			3.16	7.47
	●	｜		1412		Taihe	太和			3.50	10.97
	●	｜		1413		Zhuliao	竹料	ER	SS	6.18	17.15
	●	｜		1414		Zhongluotan	钟落潭			4.70	21.85
	●	｜		1415		Mali	马沥			6.11	27.96
	●	●	●	1416		Xinhe	新和	14  (Knowledge City Branch)		2.02	29.98
	●	｜	｜	1417		Taiping	太平			5.16	35.14	Conghua
	●	｜	｜	1418		Shengang	神岗			3.90	39.04
	●	｜	｜	1419		Chicao	赤草			5.46	44.50
	●	●	｜	1420		Conghua Coach Terminal	从化客运站			5.03	49.53
	●	●	｜	1421		Dongfeng	东风			4.58	54.38
Knowledge City Branch			●	1422		Hongwei	红卫			3.66	58.04	Huangpu
			●	1423		Xinnan	新南			2.58	60.62
			●	1424		Fengxia	枫下			2.12	62.74
			●	1425		Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City	知识城			2.41	65.15
			●	1426		Hetangxia	何棠下			2.74	67.89
			●	1427		Wangcun	旺村			1.19	69.08
			●	1428		Tangcun	汤村			2.24	71.32
			●	1429		Zhenlongbei	镇龙北			2.25	73.57
			●	1430		Zhenlong	镇龙	21 2114		1.82	75.39

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