Guangzhou Bus Rapid Transit

The BRT operates the following models of buses: • King Long XMQ6127G2 • King Long XMQ6180G2 • Youngman JNP6182LPG • Yutong ZK6120HGV • Yutong ZK6180HLGAA The livery of the BRT is orange with BRT written in white on the sides. ==Zhongshan Avenue Bus Rapid Transit trial line==

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 (中山大道), 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. == Accidents and incidents ==

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. == References ==