Wuhan Metropolitan Area intercity railway

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Wuhan MIR
LocaleWuhan and surrounding area
Transit typeHigher-speed rail
Began operation2013
Operator(s)China Railway/China Railway High-speed
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationAC 25 kV overhead lines
System map


Wuhan Metropolitan Area intercity railway
Traditional Chinese武漢城市圈城際軌道交通
Simplified Chinese武汉城市圈城际轨道交通

Wuhan Metropolitan Area intercity railway or Wuhan Metropolitan Area intercity railway system is a network of higher-speed commuter railways in and around Wuhan, the capital of the Chinese province Hubei. The first line of the system opened at the end of 2013, two more in mid-2014, one in 2016.

System composition[edit]

The network will include the following lines:

Preliminary plans exist for the construction of more lines (to Tianmen and Qianjiang) as well.


In a report released during the Spring Festival travel season of 2015, the total ridership of the 3 lines of the Wuhan Metropolitan Area intercity railway was estimated at 25,000 a day; that was described as twice the daily amount outside of the peak travel season.[8]


  1. ^ 武汉城市圈首条城际铁路客运专线武咸铁路开通, 2013-12-28
  2. ^ See the detailed system map at http://bbs.cnhubei.com/thread-1538025-1-1.html
  3. ^ 武(汉)黄(石)城际铁路或于明年元月中旬通车 ([Test] trains will start running on the Wu[han]-Huang[shi] intercity railway in mid-January of the next year), 2013-12-18
  4. ^ 武冈城际铁路黄冈站站房封顶, 2013-12-13
  5. ^ a b 武汉至咸宁城际铁路本月28日将正式开通运营 (The Wuhan–Xianning intercity railway will officially open on the 28th of this month), 人民网, 2013-12-24
  6. ^ (Chinese) 图文：武石武冈城际铁路昨日通车 楚天都市报讯 2014-06-19
  7. ^ 武汉城市圈第4条城际铁路正式开通 空铁交通实现无缝对接
  8. ^ 武咸、武石、武冈3条城际铁路日均发送2.5万人次 (Wuhan-Xianning, Wuhan-Huangshi, Wuhan-Huanggang intercity lines carry 25,000 passengers daily), 2015-02-26