In the 03:00 hour of 5 October 2007, as the Ruyifang station was being dug up, water from an unidentified source covered a 300 m2 (3,200 sq ft) area of the construction site was submerged to a depth of 5 to 6 m (16 to 20 ft).

No injuries were reported,[2] and by 06:30 on 6 October, the previously submerged portion was re-sealed.

[3] After the incident, the original split platforms design for Line 6 were re-designed into a full-width island platform, but they had to maintain the original width due to the construction of the siding near the station had completed.

This station first appeared in 1997 in the "Guangzhou City Rapid Rail Traffic Line Planning Research (Final Report)", and was a station on Line 5 (Ring Line) in Plan B at that time, located near the original Guangzhou South Railway Station.

[6] The Line 11 station started the main structure construction in July 2018,[7] topped out in December 2021,[8] and in April 2024 completed the construction work connecting the station to Line 6,[9] before completing the "three powers" transfer on 30 July of the same year.