The National Day holiday is around the corner. Guangzhou Metro Corporation recently has released that all metro lines will be postponed for one hour to off-running from October 1 to 3.

It is estimated that the average traffic flow in Guangzhou Metro may reach 6.9 million person-time per day during the National Day holiday. The peak may reach on October 1, with an estimated traffic flow of 8.39 million person-time.

In order to cope with the heavy traffic flows in the holiday, Guangzhou Metro will exert their maximum capacity to channel the flow. If there is a passenger surge, certain trains might not stop at some stations

The following metro stations might experience heavy traffic flows: Kengkou, Changshou Lu, Gongyuanqian, Martyr’s Park, Tiyu Xilu and Guangzhou East Railway Station from Line 1; Guangzhou South Railway Station, Changgang, and Guangzhou Railway Station from Line 2; Tianhe Coach Station, Gangding and Zhujiang New Town from Line 3; Jiaokou from Line 5; Beijing Road from Line 6.

(By Monica)