Hankou railway station

Hankou railway station (simplified Chinese: 汉口站; traditional Chinese: 漢口站; pinyin: Hànkǒu zhàn) is one of the three main railway stations in the city of Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei Province of the People's Republic of China. It is located within the section of the city commonly known as Hankou (i.e., the part of the city north of the Yangtze and Hanshui Rivers), several kilometers north of Hankou's historical center. Hankou Station is served by a station of the same name on Line 2 of Wuhan Metro.

Hankou

汉口

Hankou railway station
LocationJianghan District, Wuhan, Hubei
China
Coordinates30°37′5.11″N 114°15′18″E
Operated by
Line(s)
Platforms13 (6 island platforms, 1 side platform)
Connections
  • Hankou Railway Station
  • Bus terminal
Other information
Station code
  • 21050 (TMIS code) [1]
  • HKN (telegraph code)
  • HKO (Pinyin code)
ClassificationTop Class station (特等站)
History
Opened
  • October 1991 (1991-10)
Services
Preceding station China Railway High-speed Following station
Hengdian East
towards Hefei South
 Hefei–Wuhan railway Terminus
Terminus Wuhan–Yichang railway Hanchuan
towards Yichang East
Wuhan–Xiaogan intercity railway Houhu
towards Xiaogan East
Preceding station China Railway Following station
Terminus Hankou–Danjiangkou railway Xindun
towards Danjiang
Location
Hankou
Location of the station
Hankou
Hankou (China)

History
Dazhimen station, built in 1900–1903 and closed in 1991 after the present Hankou station opened

When the Jinghan Railway from Beijing reached Hankou in the early 20th century, its terminus was the Hankou Dazhimen station (大智门火车站), located right outside the walls of the bustling port city of Hankou. In 1991 the Dazhimen station was closed, and services were relocated to the present Hankou railway station, located several kilometers north of central Hankou.

Hankou railway station became connected to Wuhan Metro on December 28, 2012, with the opening of Line 2 of the city's subway system.

The station's location near the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market may have contributed to the spread of the Coronavirus disease 2019.[2][3] On 23 January 2020, the station was closed, along with all other transport infrastructure in the city, due to the outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019.[4] This unprecedented measure in human history became known as the 2020 Wuhan lockdown. On 28 March, the station resumed operation for arrivals only; full operation was resumed on 5 April.[5]

Service

Like the Wuchang railway station on the southern side of the Yangtze, the Hankou station is served by trains going in all directions. After the completion of the high-speed Hefei–Wuhan Passenger Railway from Hefei in April 2009, the Hankou Station became the main Wuhan terminal for the high-speed trains arriving to the city on this line from Shanghai via Nanjing and Hefei, although as of December 2013 at least three of these trains arrives to the Wuhan railway station instead, and some go to Wuchang.

The Hankou railway station is also Wuhan's station for the Hanyi Railway, which goes west, to Yichang. Eventually, both the Hewu and Hanyi Railways will become sections of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway from Shanghai to Hankou to Chengdu.

  • Concourse
  • Waiting area
  • Corridor
  • Platform

Wuhan Metro
Hankou Railway Station

汉口火车站
Platform of the metro station
LocationJianghan District, Wuhan, Hubei
China
Coordinates30°37′5.11″N 114°15′18″E
Line(s)
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Connections
  • Hankou railway station
  • Bus terminal
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
OpenedDecember 28, 2012 (Line 2)
Services
Preceding station   Wuhan Metro   Following station
Line 2
toward Fozuling

Hankou Railway Station (Chinese: 汉口火车站) is a station on Line 2 of the Wuhan Metro. It serves the nearby Hankou railway station.

References
  1. 中华人民共和国铁路车站代码（GB/T 10302-2010） (in Chinese). 中国标准出版社. 2010. p. 2. ISBN 155066140495.CS1 maint: ignored ISBN errors (link)
  2. Garrett, Laurie. "What it will take to stop the Wuhan coronavirus". CNN. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. Wu, Jin; Cai, Weiyi; Watkins, Derek; Glanz, James (2020-03-22). "How the Virus Got Out". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  4. Amos, Owen (2020-01-23). "How do you quarantine a city - and does it work?". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  5. "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.
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