# Tianhe Park station

Tianhe Park station (Chinese: 天河公园站) is a station of Line 21 and Line 11 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 20 December 2019. With the opening of Line 11, Line 21 was truncated to here from Yuancun since 2 October 2024, as to allow renovation works in preparation for Line 11 trains to serve that station instead. Line 11 started serving this station on 28 December 2024. It will also be an interchange station with Line 13 in 2025.
Prior to the opening of Line 11, the dismantling work of the section from this station to Yuancun of Line 21 began on 2 October 2024. The southern terminus of Line 21 was adjusted north to this station, and platforms 3 and 4 on the inner platforms were put in use, whilst platforms 1 and 2 on the outer platforms were temporarily suspended. The 6B train type's shielding doors and glass panel false walls of the outer platform will be removed, and then the appropriate shielding doors of the 8A train type will be installed. At the same time, it was necessary to dismantle the outer platform and the third track between the station and the Yuancun station area and replace the signal system to Line 11 standards.

## Station layout

When fully complete in 2024, the station's total construction area of the station will be 78558 square meters, which is equivalent to 2.3 Gongyuanqian stations and 3.3 Yangji stations. It will also be the largest station on the whole of Guangzhou Metro.
The station has 4 underground island platforms. Platform 1 is for Line 11 inner circle trains while platform is for Line 11 outer circle trains. Platform 3 is for trains heading to Zengcheng Square, whilst platform 4 is for terminating trains. Formerly before Line 11 commenced passenger service, Line 21 trains would head to Yuancun from platform 1 and from Yuancun to platform 2. Both platforms 1 and 2 were closed from 2 October 2024 to 27 December 2024 to facilitate the transition from Line 21 back to Line 11.
| G | - | Exits B, E1, E2, F |
| L1 | Lobby | Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Shops, Police Station, Safety Facilities |
| L2 Platforms | Platform 2 | 11 Inner Circle (Yuancun) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left for 11 and right for 21 ||
| L2 Platforms | Platform 4 | 21 termination platform |
| | Platform 3 | 21 towards Zengcheng Square (Tangdong) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left for 11 and right for 21 ||
| | Platform 1 | 11 Outer Circle (Huajing Road) |

## Exits

| Exit letter | Exit letter | Exit letter | Exit location | Nearby |
| B | B | B | Huangpu Avenue Middle | Tianfu Road, Yuancun Erheng Road, Tianhe District Trade Union Employee Service Center, Guangzhou Yuancun Workers' Cultural Palace, Guangzhou No. 113 Middle School (Financial City East Campus), Tianhe Park South Gate, Guangzhou Sunshine Hotel, Chengjiecun Public Bus Stop (westbound) |
| E1 | E1 | E1 | Tianfu Road | West Gate of Tianhe Park |
| E2 | E2 | E2 | Tianfu Road | Dongfang 3rd Road, Tianhe District People's Government, Tianfu Road (Metro Tianhe Park Station) Public Bus Stop (Southbound) |
| F | F | F | Tianfu Road | Tianfu Road (Tianhe Park Metro Station) Public Bus Stop (Northbound) |

## Gallery

* Concourse (January 2025)
* Platform 4 (Line 21 terminating platform, January 2025)
* Platform 1 panorama (Line 11 Outer Circle platform)
* Platform 4 panorama (Line 11 alighting platform)
* Platform 1 (prior to renovation)
* Platform 2 (prior to renovation)
* Platform 1 projection showing both local and express trains (prior to renovation)
* Concourse in 2019

## History
### Planning

In the 2003 subway plan, Line 14 ran along Zhongshan Avenue and passed through an upper shrine near the northeast corner of Tianhe Park, along with a station. Later, in the 2008 proposal, the original Line 14 was split, and the station in Tianhe Park became the interchange station for the split and reorganized ring line (Line 8) and Line 13, and the location was also moved to the intersection of Huangpu Avenue on Tianfu Road, which is the southwest corner of the park. The station was also directly named Tianhe Park because of its proximity to Tianhe Park. Later, in the 2010 plan, the ring line was changed to a completely new construction project, and the code was adjusted to Line 11. The station became one of the interchange stops for Lines 11 and 13.
In 2011, Line 21, which was stripped from the northern extension of the original Line 4, was also extended from Huangcun Station to this station to interchange with Line 11 and Line 13. As a result, the station became a three-line hub.
In the further design of Line 21, it was considered that when Line 21 was opened, Lines 11 and 13 of this station had not yet been completed and opened, making Line 21 a "dead end" when it arrived at this station. Therefore, Line 21 temporarily borrowed the Line 11 section from this station to Yuancun, so that Line 21 can interchange with Line 5 and provide better access to the network. On the eve of the completion of Line 11, the section was dismantled from Line 21 and returned to Line 11 for operation.

### Site selection and construction

In the preliminary demonstration of the site selection of Tianhe Park Station, many schemes were abandoned by the metro company due to their great impact on traffic and citizens. The metro company had considered setting up the station on Tianfu Road, but in addition to occupying four lanes and two sidewalks, it also had to demolish the buildings with a total area of 200,000 square meters of Tianhe District Government, Nanyang Guansheng Hotel, Guangchang Building and Xinli Gas Station. If the station is set on Yuancun 2nd Cross Road on the south side of Huangpu Avenue, it will be necessary to completely occupy Yuancun 2nd Cross Road, and at the same time, it will be necessary to demolish many buildings such as Dongjing Garden, Yuancun New Estate, and Yuancun Workers' Cultural Palace. Although the above two plans will not affect Tianhe Park, they will have a serious impact on the surrounding roads, operations and people's daily life during the three-year construction period. Therefore, in order to minimize the impact on the surrounding area, the Tianhe Park station was finally set up within Tianhe Park, and the station site was chosen to be located in the southwest corner of the park with relatively small crowds. According to the final plan, a total of 80,454 square meters of land will be borrowed from Tianhe Park for metro construction, which will be mainly used for the construction of tunnel structures between Tianhe Park Station and Tangdong Station, as well as the equipment placement and processing sites required for construction. During the construction period, more than 4,000 large trees were dug up in Tianhe Park, and part of the landscape lake land in the park was also occupied. The metro company said it would restore the green space in the park after the construction was completed and would move back most of the trees.

#### Line 11 and Line 21

On 31 July 2018, the main structure of the station was capped, making it the last capped station on Line 21. On 20 December 2019, the Line 11/21 station was put into use with the opening of the remaining section of Line 21. On 19 April 2021, Exit E2 opened.
As Line 21 part of this station was opened first, when the station initially opened, Line 21 stopped at platforms 1 and 2 on the outside, while platforms 3 and 4 on the inside were temporarily used as standby platforms. At the time of construction, the two outer platforms were built directly into a platform that could accommodate 8-car A-type trains (the model used by Line 11). Since Line 21 itself uses 6-car B-type trains, the platform screen door is installed according to the 6B-type train, and the extra length is directly closed with a glass plate false wall. The contact network required for Line 11 has also been installed in advance on the outer platform and the section from this station to Yuancun Station. On 27 September 2024, the false wall of glass panels on the outer platform began to enclose and prepare for demolition. At 23:00 on October 1, the dismantling and renovation project officially began, and the original 6B-type screen doors of the two outer platforms will be dismantled, and the screen doors suitable for the 8A-type will be installed at the same time. The third track of the outer platform and related sections were dismantled, and the signaling system used by Line 11 was replaced at the same time. At the end of the same month, the station renovation project was completed and the "three powers" transfer was completed.
At the same time, the southern terminus of Line 21 was officially shortened to this station on October 2 after the start of the dismantling and reconstruction and instead began utilizing platforms 3 and 4 on the inner side of the station. On 28 December 2024, Line 11 opened, and thus the outer platforms 1 and 2 were returned to service.

#### Line 13

On 26 December 2017, the Line 13 station and the switchback line behind the station broke ground, marking the official start of the second phase of Line 13. In March 2019, the second phase of enclosure construction began. In September 2020, the main structure of the station and the transfer passageway was topped out.