Line 3 (Foshan Metro)
Line 3 of Foshan Metro (FMetro) () is a metro line in Foshan that runs between in Chancheng District and in Shunde District. The inital section of its first phase opened on 28 December 2022, with the rest of the phase expected to be complete by the end of 2023. The full line will run from in Shunde District to in Nanhai District Nanhai District (), is a District (PRC and ROC), district of Foshan, Guangdong, China. Its government is the first to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China. History Establishment of Nanhai is traditionally at .... Stations References Foshan Metro lines Railway lines opened in 2022 {{PRChina-metro-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rapid Transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be called a subway, tube, or underground. Unlike buses or trams, rapid transit systems are railways (usually electric railway, electric) that operate on an exclusive right-of-way (transportation), right-of-way, which cannot be accessed by pedestrians or other vehicles, and which is often grade-separated in tunnels or on elevated railways. Modern services on rapid transit systems are provided on designated lines between rapid transit station, stations typically using electric multiple units on rail tracks, although some systems use guided rubber tires, magnetic levitation (''maglev''), or monorail. The stations typically have high platforms, without steps inside the trains, requiring custom-made trains in order to minimize gaps between train a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Foshan Metro
The Foshan Metro (; branded as FMetro) is the rapid transit system of the city of Foshan in Guangdong, China. Guangfo line is operated by Guangzhou Metro Corporation, and all other lines are operated by the state-owned Foshan Rail Transit Group. It is the tenth metro system to be built in mainland China. Construction began in 2002 and the first line opened on 3 November 2010. The metro system has two new lines and one extension under construction. Lines in operation Metro Guangfo Line (Line 1) Line 1, also known as the Guangfo Metro, is an intercity metro line that connects Guangzhou and Foshan. The line is owned by Guangdong Guangfo Inter-City Co., Ltd., a subsidiary co-owned by Guangzhou Metro (51%) and FMetro (49%), and currently operated by Guangzhou Metro Corporation. The first section of the line, from Xilang to Kuiqi Lu in Foshan, opened for operation in November 2010. The most recent extension from Yangang to Lijiao was opened on 28 December 20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Foshan
Foshan (, ), alternately romanized as Fatshan, is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone whose built-up (or metro) area was home to 65,694,622 inhabitants as of 2020 (excluding Hong Kong not conurbated yet), making it the biggest urban area of the world. Foshan is regarded as the home of Cantonese opera, a genre of Chinese opera; Nanquan, a martial art; and lion dancing. Name ''Fóshān'' is the pinyin romanization of the city's Chinese name , based on its Mandarin pronunciation. The Postal Map spelling "Fatshan" derives from the same name's local Cantonese pronunciation. Other romanizations include Fat-shan and Fat-shun. Foshan means "BuddhaMountain" and, despite the more famous present-day statue of Guanyin (or Kwanyin) on Mount Xiqiao, who isn't a Buddha, it refers to a smaller hill n ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nanhai District
Nanhai District (), is a District (PRC and ROC), district of Foshan, Guangdong, China. Its government is the first to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China. History Establishment of Nanhai is traditionally attributed two brothers carrying their father's bowls in 1271. They were fleeing south from the Mongols on a bamboo raft when a violent storm shipwrecked them and broke all the bowls. The brothers settled down there and the position of the wreck is commemorated by a shrine. This area was named Broken Bowls Point. On 15 February 1921, the eastern part of Nanhai County was ceded to the newly established City of Guangzhou which became part of what is now western part of Liwan District, Liwan. On 26 June 1951, Foshan Town (present Chancheng District, Chancheng) was ceded to the newly established City of Foshan. Nanhai County was upgraded into a county-level city on 2 September 1992 until 8 December 2002 Nanhai was consolidated as a district of F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shunde District
Shunde District, also known as Shuntak, is a District (PRC), district of the city of Foshan, Guangdong province, located in the Pearl River Delta. It had a population of 2,464,784 as of the 2010 census. Once a traditional agricultural county, it has become one of the most affluent counties in Guangdong and mainland China. Since 2009 it has been administrated independently of Foshan city, answerable directly to the Guangdong provincial government. History According to archaeological discoveries, human settlements appeared during the Spring and Autumn period. In the third year of Jinghai era (1452 AD), after the Ming dynasty suppressed the rebellion led by Huang Xiao Yang (), Shunde county was formally established. Before that, this area was part of Nam Hoi county (Nanhai Xian) and Sun Hui county (Xinhui Xian). The people of Daliang Subdistrict, Daliang subdistrict of Shunde have a long history of consuming water buffalo cheese and milk products (particularly double skin milk dess ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chancheng District
Chancheng District is a district and the seat of the city of Foshan, Guangdong Province, China. Chancheng is the economic, cultural and political center of the city. History Chancheng belonged to the land of Baiyue during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, Panyu County from the Qin Dynasty to the North and South dynasties, Nanhai County from the Sui dynasty in 590 to the Tang dynasty, Xianning County during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in 917, and Nanhai County from the Song dynasty in 972 to the Qing dynasty. Geography The district lies at the center of Foshan, surrounded on the east, west, and north sides by the Nanhai District and bordered to the south by the Shunde District. Chancheng District is located in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, southwest of Guangzhou and central Foshan, bordering Nanhai District to the east, west and north, and Shunde District to the southeast and south, with a length of 15 km from north to south and a wid ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) across a total area of about , Guangdong is the most populous province of China and the 15th-largest by area as well as the second-most populous country subdivision in the world (after Uttar Pradesh in India). Its economy is larger than that of any other province in the nation and the fifth largest sub-national economy in the world with a GDP (nominal) of 1.95 trillion USD (12.4 trillion CNY) in 2021. The Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, a Chinese megalopolis, is a core for high technology, manufacturing and foreign trade. Located in this zone are two of the four top Chinese cities and the top two Chinese prefecture-level cities by GDP; Guangzhou, the capital of the province, and Shenzhen, the first special economic zone in the count ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Foshan Rail Transit Group
The Foshan Metro (; branded as FMetro) is the rapid transit system of the city of Foshan in Guangdong, China. Guangfo line is operated by Guangzhou Metro Corporation, and all other lines are operated by the state-owned Foshan Rail Transit Group. It is the tenth metro system to be built in mainland China. Construction began in 2002 and the first line opened on 3 November 2010. The metro system has two new lines and one extension under construction. Lines in operation Metro Guangfo Line (Line 1) Line 1, also known as the Guangfo Metro, is an intercity metro line that connects Guangzhou and Foshan. The line is owned by Guangdong Guangfo Inter-City Co., Ltd., a subsidiary co-owned by Guangzhou Metro (51%) and FMetro (49%), and currently operated by Guangzhou Metro Corporation. The first section of the line, from Xilang to Kuiqi Lu in Foshan, opened for operation in November 2010. The most recent extension from Yangang to Lijiao was opened on 28 December 2018. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shundexueyuan Railway Station
Shundexueyuan railway station (), is an elevated station of Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Railway. The station is located at Fengshapian (), Daliang Subdistrict, Shunde District, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China, near Shunde Polytechnic (). It is at the east of Bigui Lu (), the west of Desheng Lu () and in the middle of Guangzhou-Zhuhai Expressway West Line () and Nanguo Donglu (), near Lijiasha Channel () and Guipan Sea (). The line started operation on 7 January 2011, but the opening date for the station was two years later, on 1 February 2013. , Macao Daily. 2013-02-01. Retrieved on 2013-05-14. Foshan Metro It is served by Line 3 o ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Foshan Railway Station
Foshan railway station () is located in Chancheng District, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China. Train services include those departing to Guangzhou, Kunming, Nanning and Hainan in mainland China. In 10 June 2019, the service originally to Hong Kong is officially shortened to Guangzhou East railway station, leaving border crossing facilities in the station abandon. Since 2022, the station is also served by Line 3 of the Foshan Metro. See also *Foshan West railway station Foshan West railway station is a major railway station located in Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South C ... References Railway stations in Guangdong Buildings and structures in Foshan China–Hong Kong border crossings {{Guangdong-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |