It opened on 29 November 2019, connecting the city of Wuhan with the major automotive manufacturing centre of Shiyan in the northwest of the province.
[1] The 399 kilometres (248 mi) long railway has a design speed of 350 km/h (217 mph).
[2] The line from Hankou to Xiaogan incorporates an existing inter-city railway, the Wuhan–Xiaogan intercity railway, which continues to provide intercity services using mainly C-class trains.
The railway is part of the Wuhan to Xi’an railway, the connecting 300 km (190 mi) PDL from Shiyan to Xi’an is expected to be completed in 2023.
[1] The existing Wuhan–Xiaogan intercity railway has stations at: The new section of the railway runs from Xiaogan Dong (East) to Shiyan Dong (East) and has intermediate stations at: These stations are served by mainly G-class trains, some of which also call at Tianhe Airport.