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This photo of the Guangzhou Metro was taken during an Easter break to the city.

As you can imagine, the trains were normally packed with commuters, but over my 5-day stay I kept waiting to capture a long clear shot.

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The Guangzhou Metro is a metro system in the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China.

It is the fourth city in China to build an underground railway system after Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai.

Construction began in 1993 and the first line was completed and opened in 1997 and 1999. The 60 station system is operated by the Guangzhou Metro Corporation, established in 1992 as a state owned enterprise under the Guangzhou government.

Single tickets are bought at a kiosk at every station or by the automatic ticket vending machines. Like most cities in Asia, fares are based according to distance. Fares range from 2 yuan (a couple of stations) to 11 yuan (the longest journeys).

The ticket itself is a black magnetic plastic token. The user has to tap it on the sensor on the ticket barrier and when he or she exits, the use has to insert it at the exit gate, the token is retained.

Source: Wikipedia - which also includes a good map of the metro.