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Xilang 西塱
Platform 3 (Line 1 boarding platform)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	西塱站
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīlǎng Zhàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping SaiLong zaam
General information
Location	Huadi Avenue South(花地大道南) Liwan District, Guangzhou, Guangdong China
Operated by	Guangzhou Metro Co. Ltd. Foshan Railway Investment Construction Group Co. Ltd.
Line(s)	Line 1      Guangfo line
Platforms	7 (3 island platforms and 1 side platform)
Tracks	5
Construction
Structure type	At-grade (Guangzhou Line 1) Underground (Guangfo Line/Foshan Line 1)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	101 GF18
History
Opened	28 June 1997; 27 years ago (1997-06-28) (Guangzhou Line 1) 3 November 2010; 14 years ago (2010-11-03) (Guangfo Line/Foshan Line 1)
Services
Preceding station Guangzhou Metro Following station Terminus Line 1 Kengkoutowards Guangzhou East Railway Station Jushutowards Xincheng Dong Guangfo line Hedongtowards Lijiao

Xilang station (Chinese: 西塱站; Jyutping: sailong zaam; Cantonese Yale: Sāilóhng Jaahm ), formerly Guanggang station because of nearby Guangzhou Iron and Steel's headquarters when planning, is a terminus of Line 1 of the Guangzhou Metro and Guangfo Line (FMetro Line 1). It started operations on 28 June 1997. It was situated at the underground of Huadi Avenue South in Fangcun, Liwan District.

During COVID-19 pandemic control rules from 29 May to 24 June 2021, services of Xilang station had been largely restricted, as all entrances and exits are closed, passengers can't embark or disembark at this station, and while the trains on both lines can still stop here, passengers can only transfer between both lines within the fare zone. The entrance has reopened in the afternoon of 24 June.

Station layout

F3 Offices	-	Offices
F2 Concourse	Line 1 Lobby	Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Shops, Police Station, Safety Facilities, Transfer passageways between Lobbies
G Platforms	Platform 5	1  termination platform(back to Xilang Depot)
	Island platform, alighting passengers only
	Platform 4 ↑ Platform 3 ↓	1  towards Guangzhou East Railway Station (Kengkou)
	Island platform, boarding passengers only
	Platform 2 ↑ Platform 1 ↓	1  towards Guangzhou East Railway Station (Kengkou)
	Side platform, alighting passengers only
B1 Concourse	Guangfo Line Lobby	Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Shops, Safety Facilities, Transfer passageways between Lobbies
B2 Platforms	Platform 7	Guangfo  towards Xincheng Dong (Jushu)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 6	Guangfo  towards Lijiao (Hedong)

Exits

Gallery

• Line 1 exterior
• Line 1 concourse
• Platform 1 (Line 1 alighting platform)
• Guangfo Line concourse
• Guangfo Line platform

References

1. Its Chinese name was 西朗站 before September 2018, due to lack of Unicode CJK Unified Ideographs support in early ticket system and signal system, where the 塱 is coded U+5871 in the block

1. simplified Chinese: 广钢站; traditional Chinese: 廣鋼站; pinyin: Guǎnggāng Zhàn; Jyutping: gwonggong zaam; lit. 'Guangzhou Iron and Steel Plant Station'
2. 地鐵三四號線六站更名 "廣州豐田"成站名 (in Simplified Chinese).
3. 花地大道南; Huādì Dàdào Nán; faadei daaidou naam; 'Flower Ground South Avenue'
4. Xilang
5. Li Tianyan (6 June 2021). "6月7日起，芳村区域所有地铁站停运". Guangzhou Daily.

23°03′52″N 113°13′56″E / 23.06444°N 113.23222°E / 23.06444; 113.23222

• Railway stations in China opened in 1997
• Guangzhou Metro stations in Liwan District
• Foshan Metro stations
• Railway stations in China opened in 2010