Rare Metro Corporation tour ticket

Detail:

The early ticket for Line 1 subway in Guangzhou


Preparation of what would lead to today's Guangzhou Metro did not start until the 1980s, and it was not until 1993 that construction of the first line, Line 1, officially began. Line 1 opened four years later in 1997 with five stations in operation.

Construction of Line 1 officially commenced on 28 December 1993, although work at a trial section at Huangsha had begun in October 1992, five months before the feasibility study of the line was ratified by the State Planning Commission in March 1993. Various technologies novel to China's construction industry at the time were adopted in different sections of the project, notably including immersed tubes (Pearl River Tunnel) and tunnel boring machines (Huangsha–Martyrs' Park section). As the most massive urban infrastructure project in history of Guangzhou, Line 1 required a funding of ¥12.75 billion, all of which was raised by the local government. Approximately 100,000 residents in 20,000 households along the line were relocated, and buildings in areas totalling 1.1 km2 were demolished.