# Ziyuangang station

Ziyuangang Station (simplified Chinese: 梓元岗站; traditional Chinese: 梓元崗站; Cantonese Yale: Zíjyǔngōng Jaahm) is a station on Line 11 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 28 December 2024. It is located underground at the intersection of Sanyuanli Avenue, Airport Road and Jiefang Road North in Baiyun District.

## Station Layout

| G | - | Exits A, B, C |
| L1 Concourse | West lobby | Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Safety Facilities |
| L1 Concourse | Mezzanine | Unpaid passageway between west and east lobbies |
| L1 Concourse | East lobby | Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Safety Facilities |
| L2 | Buffer area | Station equipment |
| L3 | Buffer area | Station equipment |
| L4 Platforms | Platform 1 | 11 Outer Circle (Liuhua) |
| Split-island Platform, doors will open on the left ||
| L4 Platforms | | Restroom, baby care, passageway between platforms |
| Split-island Platform, doors will open on the left ||
| L4 Platforms | Platform 2 | 11 Inner Circle (Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine) |

## Exits

| Exit letter | Exit letter | Exit letter | Exit location | Nearby |
| A | A | A | Jiefang Road North | Guihuagang Public Bus Stop (Northbound), Ziyuangang Public Bus Stop (Northbound) |
| B | B | B | Fei’e Road West | Airport Road, Jiefang Road North, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine main gate, Ziyuangang Public Bus Stop (Northbound), Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Public Bus Stop (Northbound) |
| C | C | C | Sanyuanli Avenue | Sanyuanli Anti-British Invasion Memorial Park, Sanyuanli Avenue (Guihuagang) Public Bus Stop (Northbound) |

## Gallery

* East concourse
* West concourse
* Passageway between the two concourses
* Central passageway between the platforms
* One of the escalator sets heading towards the west concourse

## History

The station started construction on the west concourse on 19 May 2017, where it completed the hoisting of the first diaphragm wall steel cage into the groove in July of the same year, excavated the deep foundation pit in April 2018, and the west concourse was topped out in January 2020.
On 28 December 2024, the station was put into use with the opening of Line 11.

### East concourse expropriation and demolition complications

The construction of the east concourse of the station required the demolition and relocation of the Huagui Community, where 89 households had to be moved, and an area of 9,400 square meters were needed to be expropriated. On 13 September 2018, the relevant authorities of the metro issued a letter requesting comments, saying that because only 50 households had signed the agreement, and the remaining 39 households did not agree to the requisition, the demolition work had little effect, so the housing requisition party in Baiyun District believed that the time for the completion of the expropriation was uncontrollable.
The letter also mentions two treatment options: the first option is to move the station 110 meters to the west, but it is necessary to demolish three buildings in the Jinjuyuan community. The second option is to cancel the station directly, and the passenger demand will be taken care of by the subway station of Guangzhou railway station, which is less than 700 meters away. The first option requires a huge amount of expropriation and is difficult to meet, which meant it could not meet the requirements of the construction period. The relevant departments of the metro wanted to opt for the second option, but for that, passengers need to walk from Ziyuangang to Guangzhou Railway Station and metro station via Jiefang Road North and Huanshi Road West, which is 1.4 kilometers and takes 20 minutes.
However, after the letter was posted, the demolition work made great progress. In mid-October 2018, the staff said that the relocation work was actually nearing completion, with more than 90% of the households having signed expropriation agreements and less than 10 households still in communication. When the New Express (新快报) reporter went to cover the agreement in mid-November, there were only four households left that had not signed the agreement. Finally, the demolition of the Ziyuangang Station site was initiated on 31 May 2019. The last resident of the demolition area was also contracted at a later date, and construction of the east concourse was able to commence.

### Station name dispute

On 25 June 2023, the Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau announced the initial naming of the station, which is consistent with the construction project name of "Ziyuangang". The explanation of the relevant departments is that according to the relevant regulations, the site is named after Ziyuangang (the name of the area). However, some citizens think that the station is more suitable to be named Guihuagang Station. Compared with Ziyuangang, Guihuagang is more well-known. The traffic radio station usually uses "Jie (Fang) North (Road) Guihuagang Road Section" to broadcast the road conditions in the area where the station is located, and the bus stop names around the subway station are also named after "Guihuagang" and "Sanyuanli Avenue", and there is no relevant name of Ziyuangang. According to a poll initiated by the radio's self-media, nearly seventy percent of the respondents suggested choosing Guihuagang as the station name. A month later, the Civil Affairs Bureau issued a statement for soliciting opinions, acknowledging that the public's suggestion that the site should be named "Guihuagang" and "Zoumagang" has a certain degree of reasonableness, and is working with relevant departments to conduct in-depth research and demonstration. However, the authorities did not adopt the relevant proposal to change the name, and the station was named Ziyuangang Station in May 2024.

### Construction incident

At 9:00 on 16 December 2024, a fire broke out in the cooling tower of the station. Guangzhou Metro reported that when the exterior finish of the cooling tower was installed, smoke appeared from the filling material of the cooling tower on the side, which did not cause casualties and did not affect the equipment and commissioning work of Line 11.

## Future development

Line 24 is planned to stop at this station, which will interchange with Line 11.
The station of Line 24 is planned to be built on the south side of the intersection of Sanyuanli Avenue and Airport Road, laying along the north-south direction of Jiefang Road North, and can interchange with Line 11 using a transfer node. The station is a 6-storey open-cut construction station, with a total length of 175.60m, a standard section width of 23.2m, and a total construction area of 29,835.93 square meters, with a total of 3 entrances and exits and 3 sets of wind shafts.