Wuhan railway station () is one of the three main passenger railway stations of

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city an ...

, the capital of China's

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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 Hankou, alternately romanized as Hankow (), was one of the three towns (the other two were Wuchang and Hanyang) merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China. It stands north of the Han and Yangtze Rivers whe ...

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

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, 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. Wuhan railway station was thusly closed until March 28.

Design

The station was designed by Amenagement, Recherche, Pole d'Echanges ( AREP), the Fourth Survey and Design Institute of China, MaP3, and SNCF-IGOA, after winning a two-phase competition in 2005. The design was inspired by the yellow crane, the symbol of Wuhan City. The distinctive roof is intended to resemble the crane's wings, and is based on a sine curve. The building consists of nine separated parts, symbolizing China's nine provinces, plus a central thoroughfare.

Construction

Construction of the station began in September 2006, and was completed in December 2009. It was built by

China State Construction Engineering Corporation The China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) () is the largest construction company in the world by revenue and the 8th largest general contractor in terms of overseas sales, as of 2020. While most of the assets of CSCEC were flo ...

, which also built the Wuhan Airport and the Beijing CCTV building. Construction cost exceeded 14 billion Yuan (US$2 billion), including upgrades to surrounding infrastructure. The total construction area of the station is , of which the station building has a floor area, a elevated pedestrian platform, a non-stop pillar canopy, a ground floor, and a ground floor car park. The main arch spans , and the highest point is above the ground.

Services

Located on the main line of the

Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway The Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway or Jingguangshengang high-speed railway from its Chinese name is a high-speed railway corridor of the CRH passenger service, connecting Beijingxi station in Beijing and West Ko ...

, Wuhan railway station is served by almost all trains traveling on this railway to or through Wuhan. (Only a small number of trains terminate at

instead.) Some high speed trains traveling via Wuhan on the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu high-speed railway use Wuhan station as well, but most of them use

instead. The Wuhan station is also served by some high speed trains traveling to and from

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(on the Wuhan–Jiujiang Passenger Railway). No "conventional" (non high-speed) trains are found in this station (due to this station is connected with high-speed line only); all of those services goes to Hankou or Wuchang stations instead. File:wuhan-railway-station.JPG, Under construction File:Wuhan railway station 03.jpg, File:Wuhan railway station 04.JPG, File:Wuhan railway station 08.JPG, Opening Ceremony File:Wuhan railway station 05.JPG, No.2 Ticket Office File:Platform of Wuhan Station at night.JPG, Platform at night File:Inside view of Wuhan Station at night 2.JPG, Waiting Area

Wuhan Metro

Wuhan Railway Station (), is a station of Line 4 of

Wuhan Metro Wuhan Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China. Owned and operated by Wuhan Metro Group Co., Ltd., the network now includes 11 lines, 282 stations, and of route length. With 1.22 billion annual passengers in 2019, W ...

. It entered revenue service on December 28, 2013. It is located in Hongshan District and it serves Wuhan railway station.

Station layout

Gallery

File:Entrance_of_Wuhan_Railway_Station_(Wuhan_Metro)_3.jpg, Concourse File:Platform_of_Wuhan_Railway_Station_3.jpg, Platform

References

External links

ASCE review - December 2006

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