Wuchang railway station

Wuchang railway station is a major railway station on the Beijing–Guangzhou railway, the Wuhan–Jiujiang railway and the Hankou–Danjiangkou railway, located on the east side of Zhongshan Road^[2] in Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Wuchang 武昌
New Wuchang railway station complex
General information
Location	Zhongshan Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei China
Coordinates	30°31′43″N 114°19′4″E / 30.52861°N 114.31778°E / 30.52861; 114.31778
Operated by	China Railway Wuhan Group China Railway
Line(s)	Wuhan–Xianning intercity railway      Beijing–Guangzhou railway      Wuhan–Jiujiang railway      Hankou–Danjiangkou railway
Platforms	6
Connections	Bus terminal
Other information
Station code	TMIS code: 21077 Telegraph code: WCN Pinyin code: WCH
Classification	Top Class station
History
Opened	1916 (1916) (China Railway) 28 December 2013 (2013-12-28) (Wuhan Metro Line 4) 1 October 2018 (2018-10-01) (Wuhan Metro Line 7) 28 March 2020 (resume to operation, arrival only) 5 April 2020 (resume to operation)[1]
Former services
Preceding station MTR Following station Changsha towards Hung Hom Beijing–Kowloon through train Zhengzhou towards Beijing West

Founded as the Tongxiangmen railway station (通湘门站) in 1916, the station was moved several times and settled in the current location in 1957. It is the largest transportation center in Wuhan with daily traffic of 77,000 passengers and 20,000 packages as of 2000,^[3] and a record of 80,000 passengers per day during the Chunyun period as of 2008.^[4]