At 9:30 a.m. on July 1, the high-speed rail train G556 from Yichang East to Beijing West with 317 passengers in 16 carriages witnessed the historical moment that Yichang stepped into the high-speed rail era, then it would take only two hours to Wuhan, Hubei Province, five hours to Zhengzhou, Henan Province, seven hours to Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province and 8 hours to Beijing.

　　Mrs. Du, sitting in the bullet train, who came from Yichang and settled down in Beijing, took her a few months old baby and her parents back to Beijing together. Mrs. du was very satisfied with the opening of this high-speed rail train. She said: "In the past I have been flying back and forth between the two places. Although it is fast, there are still many problems, such as too many boarding links, bad air in the cabin and delays. Today, after getting into the high-speed rail with a spacious cabin, the elderly and children feel very comfortable, and in the cabin, it even has a dedicated baby nursing table, which makes people feel very warm."

　　According to the Yichang Service Depot relevant personnel, after the new railway operation chart was implemented on July 1, the G518 CRH380AL bullet trains from Wuhan to Beijing West Running Section were adjusted to G556/7/6 from Yichang East to Beijing West. It starts at 9:30 a.m. from Yichang East, through Jingzhou, Qianjiang, Tianmen South and other stations and arrives in Beijing West at 17:30. G556 high-speed rail run at a speed of 200 km / h in the Wuhan to Yichang Railway, then through the Beijing to Guangzhou high-speed railway at a speed of 300 km / h, and the whole journey takes eight hours.

　　Taking high-speed train and bullet trains from Yichang to Wuhan for shopping in Plaza, Hanzheng Street and other business circles, for the taste of duck blood and vermicelli soup in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, for the favorite Purple-pot in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, Yichang people can have a new way of lifestyle. With the existing train from Yichang to Beijing and the opening of the high-speed railway from Yichang to Hangzhou, Yichang rapidly integrated in the metropolitan cities in the country, including Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Chengdu and so on. .It also greatly shortened the distance of time and space between the city circle of Yichang, Jingzhou and Jingmen (the Yi Jing city circle) and north China, east China, south China and west China.

　　The entering of high-speed rail in Yichang makes the  road, rail, aviation, water transportation network more complete, and further enhances Yichang\'s attraction, influence and radiation as a center city of Yi-Jing-Jing Cities Circle, making it possible to rapidly build a modern　megacity. (Reporter Yan Xiaodong, correspondent Jiao Yang)