Wuhan Railway Station

Wuhan 武汉
File:Wuhan Station 20150828.JPG Wuhan Railway Station
Location	Huanghe Lu, Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei China
Coordinates
Operated by	China Railway
Line(s)	(Wuhan Metro)
Platforms	20 (9 island platforms, 2 side platforms)
Connections	Bus terminal
History
Opened	December 2009 (2009-12) (railway station) 28 December 2013 (2013-12-28) (Wuhan Metro Line 4)
Services
Preceding station   Wuhan Metro   Following station Yangchunhu toward Huangjinkou Line 4 Terminus

Wuhan Railway Station (Chinese: 武汉站) 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.

Completed in December 2009, the station has 11 platforms and 20 tracks. It serves the Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway, and Zhengzhou/Jiujiang-bound passenger trains.

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, 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 370,860 m² (3,991,900 sq ft), of which the station building has a 114,602 m² (1,233,570 sq ft) floor area, a 13,324 m² (143,420 sq ft) elevated pedestrian platform, a 143,664 m² (1,546,390 sq ft) non-stop pillar canopy, a 60,650 m² (652,800 sq ft) ground floor, and a 38,620 m² (415,700 sq ft) ground floor car park. The main arch spans 116 metres and the highest point is 58 metres above the ground.

Services

File:Inside view of Wuhan Station at night.JPG

Inside view

Located on the main line of the Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, 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 the Hankou Railway Station instead.)

Some of the high-speed trains running via Wuhan on the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway use Wuhan Station as well, but most of them use Hankou Railway Station instead. The Wuhan station is also served by many of the high-speed trains to and from Nanchang (on the Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway).

The number of "conventional" (not high-speed) trains using Wuhan Station is comparatively small; most of those go to the older Hankou or Wuchang stations instead.

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  Under construction

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• Wuhan railway station 04.JPG
• Wuhan railway station 08.JPG

  Opening Ceremony

• Wuhan railway station 05.JPG

  No.2 Ticket Office

• Platform of Wuhan Station at night.JPG

  Platform at night

• Inside view of Wuhan Station at night 2.JPG

  Waiting Area

Metro Station

Wuhan Station is adjacent to a station of the same name on Line 4 of the Wuhan Metro.

Entrance of Metro Entrance of Metro  Platform of Metro Platform of Metro

External links

• ASCE review - December 2006
• MaP3 - Photos and details

See also

• Shanghai South Railway Station
• Qingdao North Station

Preceding station		China Railway High-speed		Following station
Hengdian East towards Shijiazhuang		Shijiazhuang–Wuhan High-Speed Railway Part of the Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway		Terminus
Terminus		Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway Part of the Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway		Wulongquan East towards Guangzhou South