The Wuhan–Jiujiang railway or Wujiu railway (), is a double-track, electrified

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between

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

in Hubei Province and

Jiujiang Jiujiang (), formerly transliterated Kiukiang or Kew Keang, is a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River in northwest Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. It is the second-largest prefecture-level city ...

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. The line is long and follows the south bank of the

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Wuchang District Wuchang forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. It is the oldest of the three cities that merged into modern-day Wuhan, and stood on the rig ...

in Wuhan to Lushan Station in Jiujiang. Major cities and towns along route include Wuhan, Huarong,

Huanggang Huanggang is a prefecture-level city in easternmost Hubei Province, China. It is situated to the north of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and is bounded in the north by the Dabie Mountains and is named after Mount Huanggang. It borders ...

, Ezhou, Huangshi,

Daye Daye () is a county-level city in eastern Hubei province, China. It is under the administration of the Huangshi prefecture-level city. As it is usually the case with county-level cities, Daye includes both an urban core and a fair amount of rural ...

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, Ruichang and Jiujiang.

History

The Wuhan–Jiujiang railway was created from the merger of the Wuhan–Daye and Daye–Shahejie railways in December 1989. The Wuhan–Daye or Wuda railway, from

Wuchang Wuchang forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. It is the oldest of the three cities that merged into modern-day Wuhan, and stood on the ri ...

, was built in 1958 to facilitate the transport of iron ore mined in Tieshan District near Daye. The Daye–Shahejie or Dasha railway, from Daye to Shahejie in Jiujiang, was built from 1983 to 1987.(Chinese
"武九铁路大沙段建成"
Accessed 2011-12-18 The eastern terminus of the line, Lushan Station, is located in Shahejie. The combined Wujiu Line was doubled-tracked from 2003 to 2005 and electrified from 2008 to 2010. Passenger trains can reach speeds of up to on the line. The line was formerly used by the frequent D-series high-speed trains running from Wuhan (mostly, the Wuchang Station) to Nanchang and points south and east (throughout Fujian and Zhejiang). The Wuhan–Jiujiang passenger railway, which was opened on 21 September 2017, has been built along a route generally similar to that of the Wuhan–Jiujiang railway. This has taken over much of the passenger service that formerly operated on the Wuhan–Jiujiang railway. The section from Wuchang to Nanmeimiao, passing through Shahu, Wuchang North and Badajia, was closed 11 May 2018. Dismantling commenced on 24 May and it is proposed to transform the corridor into a railway-themed landscape. Trains are now required to use the southern ring railway to reach Wuchang. Most stations on the remaining line are no longer served by passenger services.

Rail connections

: Beijing–Guangzhou railway, Hankou–Danjiangkou railway,

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, Hefei–Wuhan railway *

: Beijing–Kowloon railway, Hefei–Jiujiang railway, Tongling–Jiujiang railway, Nanchang–Jiujiang intercity railway

References

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History

Rail connections

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