During COVID-19 pandemic control rules from 29 May to 24 June 2021, services of Xilang station had been largely restricted, as all entrances and exits are closed, passengers can't embark or disembark at this station, and while the trains on both lines can still stop here, passengers can only transfer between both lines within the fare zone.[5] The entrance has reopened in the afternoon of 24 June.
Station layout
F3 Offices
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Offices
F2 Concourse
Line 1 Lobby
Ticket Machines, Customer Service, Shops, Police Station, Safety Facilities, Transfer passageways between Lobbies
^Its Chinese name was 西朗站 before September 2018, due to lack of Unicode CJK Unified Ideographs support in early ticket system and signal system, where the 塱 is coded U+5871 in the block
^simplified Chinese: 广钢站; traditional Chinese: 廣鋼站; pinyin: Guǎnggāng Zhàn; Jyutping: gwong2gong3 zaam6; lit. 'Guangzhou Iron and Steel Plant Station'