Wuhan consists of three districts; Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang. Each district has its own railway station serving different destinations across China.

Wuhan has three main railway lines; the Jingguang railway (from Beijing to Guangzhou), the Handan Railway (Hankou to Danjiangkou and on to Chongqing and Chengdu), and Wujiu railway (from Wuchang to Jiujiang and further to Shanghai). The two major railway stations are in Wuchang and Hankou.

If you are heading north (to Beijing) along the Jingguang railway, trains arrive and depart from the Hankou station, if you are going south (to Guangzhou) use the station in Wuchang. If you are heading for or coming from Chengdu, Chongqing and other western cities, you will probably arrive or depart from Wuchang railway station. If you are coming from or heading to Jiangxi province and further on to Anhui, Zhejiang and Shanghai, Hankou station is where your train will leave from and arrive at.

To complicate matters even further, Wuchang and Hankou have a few railway stations. The major passenger station in Wuchang is south of the city center, known simply as “Wuchang Station” while the biggest station in Hankou is in the west of the town, known as “Hankou Station”. A lot of public transportation will take you to the stations, but bear in mind the station names in case you mistake them with others.

One thing to bear in mind about trains in and out of Wuhan is that the Yangtze River creates a divide many trains cannot cross. Often therefore, it is easier to cross the river by bus as many train journeys either involve a long and complicated route or are practically impossible.