A work program will be carried out to propel the industrial development of Guangzhou’s rail transit between 2014 and 2016,stated by the Guangzhou Municipal Development and Reform Commission on Apr. 8, 2014.

According to the work program, there will be 19 railway transportation projects to be built in the future, 12 of which will be finished by 2016. Three of them will be finished this year. Among the 12 projects, 11 of them are new subway lines, including the extension of Line 6 which will run from Changban to Xiangxue in Luogang. Line 8 will connect Fenghuang Xincun to Cultural Park. Gaozeng, one of the stations on Line 3, will be the starting point of Line 9, which will end at Fei’eling in Huadu District. This line intends to relieve the traffic burden between Huadu and downtown Guangzhou, while shortening travel time between Guangzhou North Railway Station and Baiyun International Airport.

A line from Xintang, Zengcheng, to Hongmei, Dongguan, is in the works. The first phase of Line 14 from Jiahewanggang to Jiekou and its feeder line from Xinhe to Zhenlong are of importance to supporting the development of Conghua District and the Knowledge City. What’s more, Yuzhu Station on Line 5 will stretch eastward to Xiangjingling in Zengcheng District, forming Line 13. Another line connecting downtown with Zengcheng will be Line 21, traveling between Tianhe Park and Zengcheng Square.

Three of the metro lines will be completed this year, including the Guangzhou section of the railway between Guiyang and Guangzhou and the Guangzhou section of the railway from Nanning to Guangzhou, the test sections for a new style of tramcar to run from Wanshengwei to Canton Tower in Haizhu District.