Guangzhou Bus Rapid Transit
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Guangzhou Bus Rapid Transit (Guangzhou BRT or GBRT) is the bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...

 (BRT) system of the city of Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...

 in the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. Its first line was put into operation on 10 February 2010. It handles approximately 1,000,000 passenger trips daily with a peak passenger flow of 26,900 pphpd (second only to the TransMilenio
TransMilenio
TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The system opened to the public in December 2000, covering Av. Caracas and Calle 80...

 BRT system in Bogota). In fact, this rapid transit system contains the world's longest BRT stations - around 260m including bridges - with bus volumes of 1 bus every 10 seconds or 350 per hour in a single direction. The BRT system has two new lines and two extensions planned.

Zhongshan Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Test Line

Zhongshan Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Test Line is the first and only line in operation of Guangzhou BRT. The line is laid out along Zhongshan Ave., whose innermost lanes form a dedicated BRT corridor. It starts at Tianhe Sports Center in Tianhe District in the west and ends at Xiayuan in Huangpu District
Huangpu District, Guangzhou
Huangpu District is one of the ten districts in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China.-History:...

 in the east with 26 stations.
style="background-color: orange" | Stations of Zhongshan Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Test Line
Station Chinese name Transfers District
Tianhe Sports Center Guangzhou Metro
Guangzhou Metro
Guangzhou Metro is the metro system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, after those of Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai.The earliest effort of preparation...

 Line 1
Line 1, Guangzhou Metro
Line 1 of the Guangzhou Metro or Zhongshanlu Line runs from Xilang to Guangzhou East Railway Station .Apart from Kengkou and Xilang, all stations in Line 1 are underground. Line 1's color is yellow....


Guangzhou Metro Line 3
Line 3, Guangzhou Metro
Line 3 of the Guangzhou Metro or Southern-Northern Express Line is a 67.3-kilometer Y-shape line connecting Tianhe Coach Terminal to Panyu Square. Currentl all stations are underground...

Tianhe
Shipaiqiao Guangzhou Metro Line 3
Gangding Guangzhou Metro Line 3
Normal University & Jinan University
Huajing Xincheng
Shangshe
Xueyuan
Tangxiacun
Tianlangmingju
Chebei Guangzhou Metro Line 4
Line 4, Guangzhou Metro
Line 4 of the Guangzhou Metro or Nansha Line is a north-south line on the system that runs between Huangcun and Jinzhou stations, spanning a total of 43.7 km with 16 stations. It will eventually run from the Guangzhou Science Town to Nansha. The section of the line from Huangcun to Xinzao is...

Dongpuzhen
Huangcun
Zhucun
Lianxi
Maogang Huangpu
Huangpu District, Guangzhou
Huangpu District is one of the ten districts in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China.-History:...

Zhujiangcun
Xiasha
Wuchong
Huangpu Coach Terminal Huangpu Coach Terminal
Shuanggang
Shapu
Nanhai Temple
Miaotou
Nanwan
Xiayuan

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