The Shanghai–Wuhan high-speed train () is a high-speed train service between Shanghai and Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province. Trains are operated by CR Shanghai, CR Wuhan and CR Xi'an.
History
The CRH service between Shanghai and Wuhan started on 1 April 2009, when the D-series trains commenced operations between the two cities.
The high-speed train service (G-series trains) between Shanghai and Wuhan commenced on 28 December 2013, reducing the travel time to 4-5 hours.
Operations The G598/599, G1720/1721 and G1724/1725 trains towards Wuhan and the G600/597, G1722/1719 and G1726/1723 trains offer faster service with fewer intermediate stops, and are called "benchmark trains" (). Other trains have more stops and longer travelling times.
According to the train numbering rules of China Railway, odd numbers are for south or west bound trains and even numbers are for north or east bound trains. The trains from Shanghai to Wuhan travel northbound on Beijing–Shanghai HSR and westbound on Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu HSR, and the trains from Wuhan to Shanghai travel eastbound on Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu HSR and southbound on Beijing–Shanghai HSR. Therefore, all the train services on this route have 2 train numbers for the same service.
● : stop at the station ↓: pass the station —: out of service range : Benchmark train
Shanghai → Wuhan Stops G598/599 G676/677 G1724/1725 G1720/1721 G1736/1737 G1768/1769 G1764/1765●●●●●●●↓↓↓↓●↓●↓●●●↓↓●↓●↓↓↓●●↓●↓↓●●●↓●↓↓↓●●●●●●●●●●●↓↓●↓●●●●●●●●↓●↓↓●↓↓↓●↓↓●↓↓↓↓↓↓●↓●—●—●●—●●—●——●—
Wuhan → Shanghai Stops G1766/1763 G1722/1719 G1738/1735 G1770/1767 G678/675 G600/597 G1726/1723———●——●●●●—●●—●↓●↓↓↓↓↓↓●↓↓↓↓↓↓●↓↓↓↓●↓●↓●↓↓●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●↓●●●↓↓↓↓↓↓●↓↓●↓↓●●↓↓●↓●●↓↓↓●●●●●↓●●↓↓↓●↓↓●●●●●●●
Rolling stock
The services are operated with CRH380AL, CRH380BL and CR400AF trainsets.
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