Line 9
Line 9 train
Overview
Other names	M14e (2010 plan name) M9 (2013 plan name) Huadu line (花都线)
Status	Operational
Owner	City of Guangzhou
Locale	Baiyun and Huadu districts Guangzhou, Guangdong
Termini	Fei'eling Gaozeng
Stations	11
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Guangzhou Metro
Services	1
Operator(s)	Guangzhou Metro Corporation
Daily ridership	135,400 (2017 daily average)[1]
History
Opened	28 December 2017; 8 years ago (2017-12-28)
Technical
Line length	19.21 km (11.94 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Overhead lines, 1,500 V DC
Operating speed	95 km/h (59 mph)
Route map Legend  3  to Haibang connection to Line 3 Gaozeng  3  connection to Line 3  3  to Airport North Qingtang Qingbu Xinjie River Liantang Ma'anshan Park Huadu Square Huaguoshan Park Huachenglu Jingguang railway Jingguangshengang HSR Guangzhou North Railway Station Tianma River Huadu Autocity Fei'eling Qishan Depot future extension

Line 9 of the Guangzhou Metro is a rapid transit line running across the Huadu District. It starts at Fei'eling and ends at Gaozeng. Its only interchange is with Line 3 at Gaozeng. The total length is 20.1 km (12.49 mi) with 11 stations.^[2] Line 9's color is pale green. Line 9 was opened for operation on 28 December 2017.

Line 9 was first announced in July 2009, with an environmental impact report released for public comment. It would start as an elevated line at Fei'eling in Huadu Autocity, before diving down to cross the Tianma River and passing through Guangzhou North Railway Station. It would then climb over the Airport Expressway North Extension before diving down again to meet Line 3 at Gaozeng station, with a total of 8 stations. Works were planned to start in Sepetember the same year, with an indicative opening date of December 2012.^[3]

In May 2011, the line was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission. By then, the alignment had shifted to entirely underground, with the addition of 2 stations (Huachenglu and Liantang) and one future infill station (Qingtang).^[4]

Qingtang station was approved to be built by the local government in August 2015, with a planned completion date in the first half of 2018.^[2]

Timetable simulation testing began on 16 November 2017^[2], with the full line except Qingtang opening on 28 December 2017.^[5] Qingtang opened on 30 June 2018.^[6]

A 4.8 km (2.98 mi) extension of Line 9 is planned to Forest Park station from Fei'eling station.^[7]

The line roughly runs east-west through the Huadu District of Guangzhou. It is fully underground apart from the Qishan Depot.

Station No.		Station name		Connections	Future Connections	Distance km		Location
		English	Chinese
901		Fei'eling	飞鹅岭			0.00	0.00	Huadu
902		Huadu Autocity	花都汽车城			2.57	2.57
903		Guangzhou North Railway Station	广州北站	HAA  GQ   ER  GBQ	24	2.43	5.00
904		Huachenglu	花城路			1.00	6.00
905		Huaguoshan Park	花果山公园			1.24	7.24
906		Huadu Square	花都广场			1.90	9.14
907		Ma'anshan Park	马鞍山公园		18	1.60	10.74
908		Liantang	莲塘			1.42	12.16
909		Qingbu	清㘵			1.53	13.69
910		Qingtang	清塘			2.07	15.76
911		Gaozeng	高增	3  328		3.45	19.21	Baiyun

Line 9 uses 6 car Type B trains.

Eleven trains were ordered for the initial opening and given internal designation B6. They have a top speed of 120km/h and capacity of 1492 passengers (2032 crush load). The first train was manufactured by CRRC Zhuzhou, with the rest manufactured locally by Guangzhou CRRC Rail Transit Equipment.^[8] This was the first class of train to use LCD passenger information displays, a standard that has now been adopted across all new rollingstock. The livery features a rippling waistline in the line's colour (pale green) and orange lotus patterns, symbolising respectively the ripples of the Pearl River and Huadu subdistrict, which literally translates as Flower City.^[2]