Wuhan railway station

Wuhan

武汉站
China Railway High-speed
 metro 
Wuhan Railway Station in 2023
General information
LocationHuanghe Lu, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei
China
Coordinates30°36′36.69″N 114°25′7.19″E / 30.6101917°N 114.4186639°E / 30.6101917; 114.4186639
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms20 (9 island platforms, 2 side platforms)
Connections
  • Bus terminal
Other information
Station codeTMIS code: 65800
Telegraph code: WHN
Pinyin code: WHA
ClassificationTop Class station
History
Opened
  • December 2009 (2009-12) (railway station)
  • 28 December 2013 (2013-12-28) (Wuhan Metro Line 4)
  • 28 March 2020 (resume to operation, arrival only for railway station; metro)
  • 5 April 2020 (resume to operation)
Services
Preceding station China Railway High-speed China Railway High-speed Following station
Hengdian East
towards Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang–Wuhan high-speed railway Terminus
Terminus Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway Wulongquan East
Hengdian East
towards Hefei South
Hefei–Wuhan railway Terminus
Terminus Wuhan–Jiujiang high-speed railway Huashan South
towards Jiujiang or Lushan
Wuhan–Huangshi intercity railway Huashan South
towards Daye North
Wuhan–Huanggang intercity railway Huashan South

Wuhan railway station (武汉站; 武漢站) is one of the three main passenger railway stations of Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei Province. It is located northeast of Wuhan's East Lake, near a small lake called Yangchunhu, and is adjacent to the 3rd Ring Road. Administratively, the site is within the Wuhan's Hongshan District.

Although it shares its name with the sub-provincial city, this station was constructed rather recently; there was no Wuhan station before the construction of the Beijing-Guangzhou high speed railway, and Wuhan's main passenger railway stations were Hankou and Wuchang, representing old city names before the merger, which often confused outsiders. Completed in December 2009, the station has 11 platforms and 20 tracks. It serves the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway, the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu high-speed railway, and Zhengzhou/Jiujiang-bound passenger trains.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Wuhan suspended all public transportation effective 10AM local time on January 23, 2020. This order applied to all bus, metro, and ferry lines, as well as all outbound trains and flights.[1] Wuhan railway station was thus closed until March 28.[2]

  1. ^ "直击武汉天河机场:"封城"前有96架航班飞往全国". Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  2. ^ "3月25日零时起湖北恢复除武汉外铁路客站到达出发业务". People's Daily Online. Retrieved 2020-03-25.