Hankou Railway Station

Hankou Railway Station is the biggest European-style Railway Station in China. The station is about 8.1 miles (13 kilometers) from Yellow Crane Tower, 5.6 miles (9 kilometers) from the Yangtze River Bridge, 9.3 miles (15 kilometers) from Wuchang Railway Station, 12 miles (20 kilometers) from Wuhan Railway Station and 14.3 miles (23 kilometers) from Tianhe International Airport. As a major railway station along the Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu and Wuhan-Guangzhou High Speed Railway Lines, most high speed trains to/from Shanghai, Nanjing, Hefei, Yichang, Chengdu, and Chongqing stop here. To alleviate the stress upon Yangtze River Bridge, most ordinary trains running to/from northern China also operate from here, including those to/from Beijing and Xi'an. In addition, a few services to/from Guangzhou and Shenzhen are also available here.

Address: Development Avenue in the Jianghan District
Hankou Railway Station has a quite large terminal building, with a floor area of 20 acres (about 80,000 square meters). The floors are connected by escalators, elevators, and stairs.
 1F: On the first floor, there are dozens of ticket windows on both side of the entrance. Here, passengers can buy, collect, change and return railway tickets. Platforms and railway tracks that service millions of passengers each year are also on this floor.
 2F: Waiting rooms are mainly located on the second floor. These are equipped with toilets and drinking water. Restaurants, stores, mother-and-child waiting room, nursery room, and smoking area are also set on the second floor for passengers’ convenience.
 Underground Floors: Platforms of metro line 2, and its exit and entrance as well as parking lots for private vehicles are located here.

In front of the terminal is a square. Here, can be found bus stops, metro exit/entrance, taxi stands, and parking lots for private vehicles. Surrounding the square, there are stores, restaurants, and hotels for passengers’ convenience. About 600 yards southwest of the square, is Jinjiadun Long-Distance Bus Station, where long-distance buses to either nearby or far-located cities are available. Cities include Tianmen, Jingmen, Yichang, Enshi, Honghu, Shashi, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Zhuhai. Shuttle buses to Tianhe International Airport are also available here.

 Other facilities and services at Hankou Train Station:
 Luggage Cabinets: These are located on the second floor. Service fee is CNY5-10 per day, based on cabinet size.
 Heart Linked to Heart Service Desks: They are spread throughout the station square, ticket offices, and waiting hall. People there assist the old, weak, sick and disabled to board the train, exit and enter the station.
 Volunteers: Volunteers can be found inside almost every corner of the station. These help passengers in finding waiting areas, boarding, and exiting, etc.
  Major rail lines from the station to: