Huangsha station is an interchange station between Line 1 and Line 6 of the Guangzhou Metro, and was the first Line 1 station to have platform screen doors installed. Line 1 started operations on 28 June 1997. Line 6 started operations on 28 December 2013. It was the terminus of Line 1 when the Guangzhou Metro started the service in 1997. It is situated under the junction of Datong Road and Liu'ersan Road (六二三路) in the Liwan District of Guangzhou. It is near Shamian Island, where the White Swan Hotel and many Western style buildings are. It became an interchange station between Line 1 and Line 6 in 2013.