Line 7
Line 7 train
Overview
Other names	M7 (plan name) Panyu line (番禺线)
Status	Operating
Owner	Phase 1 West Extension: Guangdong Shunguang Rail Transit Co., Ltd. Others: Guangzhou Metro Group Co., Ltd.
Locale	Guangzhou (Panyu District andHuangpu District),Foshan (Shunde District) Guangdong
Termini	Meidi Dadao Yanshan
Stations	28 (including 1 complete but unopened)[a]
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Guangzhou Metro
Services	1
Operator(s)	Guangzhou Metro Group
Daily ridership	163,200 (2017 daily average)[1]
History
Opened	December 28, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-12-28)
Technical
Line length	54.24 km (33.70 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (56.5 in)
Operating speed	90 km/h (56 mph)
Route map Legend Yanshan Shuixi Stabling Yard（Line 21）  THP1 toXinfeng Lu Shuixi  21  THP1   21  toTianhe Park toZengcheng Square  THP1 toXiangxue Subway Station Luogang  6   6  toXunfenggang toXiangxue Kefeng Lu Jiazhuang Jitang Stabling Yard Jitang Line reservation Guangshen Railway Dashadong  5   5  toJiaokou toWenchong Yufengwei  13   13  toYuzhu toXinsha Pearl River Hongshengsha Changzhou  8  Connection to Line 8/ 8  toJiangfu toLianhua Shenjing Connection to Line 4/ 4  toHuangcun toNansha Passenger Port Higher Education Mega Center South  4  12   12 toXunfenggang Higher Education Mega Center South Stabling Yard（Line 12） Lijiao Stream Banqiao Yuangang Nancun Wanbo  18   18  toXiancun toWanqingsha Hanxi Changlong  3   3  toTianhe Coach Terminal/Airport North (Terminal 2) toHaibang Foguan IR Zhongcun Xiecun Guangfo circular IR  2 toJiahewanggang Shibi  2   22  toChentougang toPanyu Square Guangzhou South Railway Station  2  22  2  Guiguang HSRNanguang HSRJingguang HSR Guangshengang HSRGuangzhu IR  2 toNanzhuang Dazhou Stabling Yard (Line 2) Dazhou Depot (Line 7) Dazhou Guangzhou Foshan Chengchun Stream Chencunbei  11   11  toHedongdong toXijiao Guangfo circular IRFoguan IRGuangfozhao IR Chencun Jinlong Nanchong Midea  3 toShunde College Railway Station Beijiao Park  3   3 toZhen'an Meidi Dadao Yifeng Stabling Yard This diagram: view talk edit

Line 7 of theGuangzhou Metro is arapid transit line inGuangzhou andFoshan,Guangdong Province, China. It is envisioned as a tangential line that runs across southeast Guangzhou and Foshan, allowing for orbital traffic between the suburbs ofShunde,Panyu andHuangpu to avoid the crowded stations in the city center. Line 7's color islight green.

The first phase opened on December 28, 2016, and starts atGuangzhou South Railway Station and ends atHigher Education Mega Center South. It has interchanges with Line 2 atGuangzhou South Railway Station andShibi, Line 3 atHanxi Changlong, Line 18 atNancun Wanbo and Line 4 atHigher Education Mega Center South and a total length is 18.6 km (11.56 mi) with 10 stations.

The plan for west extension of the first phase fromGuangzhou South Railway Station to Meidi Dadao inShunde District,Foshan was approved in October 2015.^[2] The construction of the west extension to Shunde began in June 2016.^[3] The west extension opened on 1 May 2022.^[4][5][6] The extension is 13.447 km (8.356 mi) in length with 8 stations.^[7] It has an interchange withFoshan Metro Line 3 atBeijiao Park.

The Northern extension toYanshan opened on 28 December 2023. It extends the line intoHuangpu District, having a total length of 22.2 km (13.79 mi) with 11 stations, 10 of which are operational^[8] (Hongshengsha station is complete, but was not opened pending development in the area). It has interchanges with Line 13 atYufengwei, Line 5 atDashadong, Line 6 atLuogang and Line 21 and Huangpu Tram Line 1 atShuixi.

Line 7 started in 2002 as the Fangcun-Panyu-Huangpu Line which started fromXilang station on Line 1 and heads south to Panyu District. The line then roughly follows the existing first phase of Line 7 but runs slightly north, connecting to Line 2 and 3 at what today isNanpu andDashi Stations respectively. The line then heads east to serve and encourage development around the Xinzao and Hualong areas and cross the Pearl River to terminate at theGuangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone,^[9] which today will be served by the under constructionLine 5 Phase II extension.

Subsequently, Line 7's design was greatly revised in 2003, with the alignment east of Dashi was shifted north toHuangpu District via Shaxi,University Town andChangzhou Island. The interchange station with Line 3 was changed from Dashi toHanxi Changlong station as constructed today. Additionally, the western terminus was changed to Guangzhou New Passenger Station, what is nowGuangzhou South railway station. This shifted Line 7's plan to roughly follow what Line 7's Phase 1 and 2 are today.

During initial planning, Line 7 considered the use of 4 car L-typelight metro trains for operation. However, severe congestion issues were created after the opening ofLine 3, which only uses low capacity 3 car Type B trains andLine 6 which uses even lower capacity 4 car L-shaped trains, prompted heavy public criticism. Planners subsequently reevaluated the passenger flow forecasts for the entire line of Line 7, and upgraded the design to use 6 car B-type trains. Therefore, at the time of construction of Line 7, the partly completed station structures of Line 7 platforms at Guangzhou South Railway Station andHigher Education Mega Center South station were expanded to accommodate the longer trains.

Station No.		Station name		Connections	Future Connections	Distance km		Location
		English	Chinese
701-8		Meidi Dadao	美的大道			-	0	Shunde	Foshan
701-7		Beijiao Park	北滘公园	3 F313		2.3	2.3
701-6		Midea	美的			2.2	4.5
701-5		Nanchong	南涌			1.3	5.8
701-4		Jinlong	锦龙			2.0	7.8
701-3		Chencun	陈村	Guangzhao		1.6	9.4
701-2		Chencunbei	陈村北		11	1.5	10.9
701-1		Dazhou	大洲			1.5	12.4	Panyu	Guangzhou
701		Guangzhou South Railway Station	广州南站	2 201 22 2203  2 F227 IZQ Guangzhu  GSH  PYA Guangzhao  GH  ER		1.4	13.8
702		Shibi	石壁	2 202		1.1	14.9
703		Xiecun	谢村			1.9	16.8
704		Zhongcun	钟村			2.2	19.0
705		Hanxi Changlong	汉溪长隆	3 303 GH		1.6	20.6
706		Nancun Wanbo	南村万博	18 1804		2.1	22.7
707		Yuangang	员岗			2.4	25.1
708		Banqiao	板桥			2.4	27.5
709		Higher Education Mega Center South	大学城南	4 418 12 1225		3.8	31.3
710		Shenjing	深井	PL		3.3	34.6	Huangpu
711		Changzhou	长洲		8	2.3	36.9
712		Hongshengsha[a]	洪圣沙			1.6	38.5
713		Yufengwei	裕丰围	13 1325		1.9	40.4
714		Dashadong	大沙东	5 523		1.5	41.9
715		Jitang	姬堂			2.9	44.8
716		Jiazhuang	加庄			1.7	46.5
717		Kefeng Lu	科丰路			1.9	48.4
718		Luogang	萝岗	6 631 Civic Square: THP1 THP104		2.7	51.1
719		Shuixi	水西	21 2110  THP1 THP106		1.3	52.4
720		Yanshan	燕山			1.0	53.4

Type B9 trains were equipped with 36.6-inch LCD displays at the end of each car and above each door.^[10]

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  Interior of a B5 series train.
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  Interior of a B9 series train.
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  LCD screens on the ends of each B9 series car.
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  LCD passenger information display over each door of a B9 series train.

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