Wuchang Railway Station

Wuchang Railway Station was initially built in 1916 and renovated in 2008. It is about 1.9 miles (3 kilometers) to Yellow Crane Tower, 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) to Yangtze River Bridge, 10 miles (16 kilometers) to Wuhan Railway Station, 9.3 miles (15 kilometers) to Hankou Railway Station, and 21.1 miles (34 kilometers) to Tianhe International Airport. As the intersection of Beijing-Guangzhou and Wuchang-Jiujiang rail lines, it links Wuhan with almost every city inside Hubei Province and many other major cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming, and Yichang. However, most long-distance trains operated here are ordinary ones.

Address: In southeast end of Zhongshan Road, Wuchang District

Station Plan

Wuchang Train Station mainly consists of West Terminal, West Square, East Terminal, and East Square.

The West Terminal is the main terminal of the station and most passengers depart here. It has three floors above ground, all connected with each other by escalators, elevators, and stairs.
Floor Facilities
1F No.1 Ticket Office, luggage consignment office, left luggage offices, east exit, east entrance, stores…
2F No. 1-2 Waiting Rooms, waiting room for soft seat ticket holders, obstacle-free waiting room, nursery room, stores…

3F

No.3-8 Waiting Rooms …

Tip:
1. No. 1 Ticket Office has 23 ticket windows in all-day service. No.1 Window is for ticket change and refund; No. 2 for transit tickets; No. 3-22 issue tickets for passengers holding Chinese Second Generation ID cards, passports, or Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Hong Kong and Macau Residents; No.23 issues platform tickets and also tickets for disabled passengers. During peak season like Chinese New Year Rush, several temporary ticket windows will be opened here.
2. Left luggage offices are available both next to No.1 Ticket Office and the east exit on first floor. Service fee is charged according to luggage size; but it is generally CNY5 to CNY20 per day.

The West Square is to the west of the west terminal with city bus stops, metro exit/entrance of line 4 on or around. Under this square, there is a No.2 Ticket Office for passengers' convenience. In addition, there is a Hongji Long-Distance Bus Station to northwest of the square, operating buses to Jiujang, Jingdezhen, Dangyang, Enshi, and Jingshan County, etc. To southwest of the square, there is also a long-distance bus station, named Hanghai Long-Distance Bus Station, operating buses to Xianning, Xiangfan, Tianmen, Ezhou, and Yichang, etc.

The East Terminal only has one floor above ground for passenger use, functioned as waiting room for soft seat/sleeper ticket holders, obstacle-free waiting room and nursery room. It is connected with the west terminal with an underground passage.

The East Square is located to the east of the east terminal. There is also a city bus stop on it. But fewer buses are operated there compared with the West Square. Passengers can get to the West Square also by the above mentioned underground passage from here.

 

Schedule


 Major rail lines from the station to:

 
(Last Update on Apr 29, 2026)
ToTrainsDurationTicket Fare (CNY)
First/ Second Class Seat
Shanghai South
D105, D55 at 20:49 and 22:039h4m - 9h25mCNY 163
USD 24
Hangzhou South
D105, D55 at 20:49 and 22:037h12m - 7h23mCNY 138
USD 20
Yichang East
D56, D5742, D5746, D5750 from 05:12 to 19:392h7m - 2h20mCNY 198/ 56
USD 29/ 8
Xianning
C5601, D5791, D5749 from 06:51 to 17:151h4m - 1h28mCNY 49/ 31
USD 7/ 5
Shiyan
D192, D5778 at 08:14 and 10:463h34m - 4h59mCNY 338/ 98
USD 50/ 14
Jingzhou
D5742, D5746, D5750 from 12:16 to 19:391h31m - 1h36mCNY 142/ 88
USD 21/ 13
 The above schedule is for reference only. For real-time schedule and ticket booking, please click the arrival stations.

Normal Speed Train Timetable
(Last Update on Apr 29, 2026)
ToTrainsDurationTicket Fare (CNY)
Soft/ Hard Sleeper
Beijing
T182, Z78, K600, Z14...
16 departures from 00:42 to 23:30
10h52m - 17h1mCNY 427.5/ 279.5
USD 63/ 41
Xian
K82, K1296, K226, Z126...
12 departures from 06:10 to 23:36
10h2m - 14h52mCNY 325/ 214
USD 48/ 32
Guangzhou
K81, K1295, K755, Z13...
26 departures from 00:29 to 23:43
10h50m - 14h44mCNY 388.5/ 247.5
USD 57/ 37
Shenzhen
K641, K1347, Z229, T95...
6 departures from 02:33 to 21:56
12h48m - 15h55mCNY 494.5/ 272.5
USD 73/ 40
Guilin
K1627, Z5, T21, Z335...
8 departures from 00:35 to 23:56
8h7m - 11h37mCNY 325/ 214
USD 48/ 32
Hangzhou
K531, K353, K121, K1125 from 11:02 to 19:1710h45m - 12h39mCNY 315/ 208
USD 47/ 31
Chengdu
K532, K354, T128, K1256...
6 departures from 00:15 to 21:43
15h52m - 20h25mCNY 427.5/ 279.5
USD 63/ 41
Chongqing North
Z218, K1256 at 03:34 and 17:3011h33m - 17h19mCNY 337/ 221
USD 50/ 33
Kunming
Z325, Z53, Z161 from 08:47 to 22:3323h29m - 26h3mCNY 611/ 397
USD 90/ 59
Yichang East
Z218, K1256 at 03:34 and 17:305h26m - 5h52mCNY 158.5/ 107.5
USD 23/ 16
Xianning
T21, K1159, K4153, K1803...
13 departures from 06:09 to 21:01
44m - 1h23mCNY 95.5/ 66.5
USD 14/ 10
 The above schedule is for reference only. For real-time schedule and ticket booking, please click the arrival stations.
See detailed Wuhan Train Schedule
 

Transportation

 How to reach/ leave Wuchang Railway Station?
 By Bus:
West Square: 10, 43, 61, 402, 511, 518, 538, 577 in the north of the square; 556, 561, 777 to the south of the square; 34, 59, 74, 202, 507, 529, 539, 556, 561, 564, 571, 593, 609, 777, 805, 901, 907 in front of the square
East Square: 66, 570, 706
 By Metro: Line 4
 By Taxi:
From/ To Duration (min) Ticket Fare (CNY)
Yellow Crane Tower 7 10
Yangtze River Bridge 10 11
Wuhan Railway Station 25 35
Hankou Railway Station 23 32
Tianhe International Airport 50 80
Note: The information above is just for your reference only. It may be different due to traffic lights and jams.

 How to get to other places from Wuchang Railway Station?
 To Yellow Crane Tower:
1. Take bus 10, 61 or 402 to get there directly.
2. Take metro line 4 to Fuxing Road, and then walk to Zhangzhidong Road Fuxing Road to take bus 539 or 717 to Jiefang Road Houchang Street, and then walk about 550 yards to get there.
 To Yangtze River Bridge:
1. Take bus 539 to Jiefang Road Houchang Street, and then walk about 900 yards to get there.
2. Take metro line 4 to Fuxing Road, get out and walk to Zhangzhidong Road Fuxing Road to take bus 43 or 578 to Linjiang Avenue Pinghumen, and then get there by foot.
 To Wuhan Railway Station:
Metro line 4 or bus 540 can take passengers there directly.
 To Hankou Station:
1. Take metro line 4 to Hongshan Square, then change to metro line 2 to Hankou Station.
2. Bus 10 and 561 runs between the Wuchang Railway Station and Hankou Railway Station.
3. Take a train to get there directly if time suits. There are seven departures per day from 06:32 to 22:04. Duration is about 20 minutes.
 To Wuhan Tianhe International Airport:
Take airport shuttle bus at Hongji Long-Distance Bus Station to get there directly. The bus departs from 08:15 to 20:15 every 60 minutes. Duration is about 90 minutes and ticket fare is CNY32. 

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- Last updated on Apr. 29, 2026 by Rachel Hou -