Guangzhou Bus Rapid Transit (Guangzhou BRT or GBRT) is the bus rapid transit (BRT) system of the city of Guangzhou in the People's Republic of China. Its first line was put into operation on 10 February 2010. It handles approximately 1,000,000 passenger trips daily with a peak passenger flow of 26,900 pphpd (second only to the TransMilenio BRT system in Bogotá, Colombia). In fact, this rapid transit system contains the world's longest BRT stations â around 260m including bridges â with bus volumes of 1 bus every 10 seconds or 350 per hour in a single direction. The BRT system has two new lines and two extensions planned.
The BRT operates the following models of buses:
The livery of the BRT is orange with BRT written in white on the sides.
Zhongshan Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Trial Line () is the first and only line in operation of Guangzhou BRT. The line is laid out along Zhongshan Avenue (ä¸Â山大éÂÂ), whose innermost lanes form a dedicated BRT corridor. It starts at Tianhe Sports Center in Tianhe District in the west and ends at Lumingshan Bus Terminal in Huangpu District in the east with 27 stations. Several stations have connections to Guangzhou Metro. Same-direction transfers between buses within the BRT corridor are free. The project won numerous awards such as the Sustainable Transportation Development Award in 2011, the first Chinese transportation project to win such award.
On 1 July 2014, at Tianhe Sports Center, a B5 bus travelling eastbound clipped another B5 bus travelling in the same direction, before crossing the centre median and colliding head-on with a westbound B3 bus. In total, 17 passengers were hospitalized, including 3 in a serious condition.
On 1 January 2018, while a passenger was alighting from a B3 bus at Shipaiqiao station, both the bus and platform screen doors closed, resulting in the passenger being dragged along the roadway as the bus moved off. Other passengers immediately signalled the driver to stop. The bus company took full responsibility for the incident and paid for the injured passenger's medical fees.
On 3 March 2021, a sinkhole opened up on Zhongshan Avenue, near Zhucun station, blocking all eastbound lanes including the BRT lane. Eastbound buses were diverted onto local streets, missing 3 BRT stations (Zhucun - Maogang). Services returned to normal the next morning.
On 12 November 2024, a tipper truck collided with the footbridge at Tianlangmingju station. For safety reasons, the footbridge was closed and buses temporarily skipped the station.