The Wuhan–Xi'an high-speed railway is a high-speed passenger-dedicated line (PDL) in Hubei and Shaanxi, China, connecting the city of Wuhan and Xi'an. It opened on 29 November 2019 between Wuhan and Shiyan in northwestern Hubei. The Shiyan-Xi'an section was opened to traffic on 30 June 2026.
The long railway has a design speed of . The line starts from Hankou Station, a railhub with connections on: Hefei–Wuhan passenger railway, Shijiazhuang–Wuhan high-speed railway, Wuhan–Yichang railway, Beijing–Guangzhou railway, Xiexindian–Gepu railway, Macheng–Wuhan railway, and Hankou–Danjiangkou railway.
The line runs northwest from Wuhan via Xiaogan to Xiangyang (where it intersects another new high-speed line running from Zhengzhou southwest to Wanzhou) to Shiyan. 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 pre-existing Wuhan–Xiaogan intercity railway has stations at: Hankou Houhu Jinyintan Panlongcheng (planned but not yet constructed) Tianhe Airport Tianhejie Minji Maochen Huaiyin Xiaogan Dong (East)
The section of the line opened in 2019 runs from Xiaogan Dong (East) to Shiyan Dong (East) and has intermediate stations at: Yunmeng Dong (East), Anluxi, Suizhou Nan (South), Suixian, Zaoyang, Xiangyang Dong (East), Guchen Bei (North), Danjiangkou, Wudangshan Xi (West), These stations are served by mainly G-class trains, some of which also call at Tianhe Airport.
In December 2019 there were 11 trains per day in each direction along the Wuhan–Shiyan line, the fastest time between the terminals is now 1 hour 57 minutes (for example trains G6817 and G6818) the slowest direct train on the line takes 2 hour and 57 minutes and stops at most stations (train G6816).
The Shiyan-Xi'an section has stations at , , , , and .
See also Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger railway Hankou–Danjiangkou railway
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