At 9:50 a.m. on December 26, train G6800 departed from Yichangbei Railway Station, marking the official opening of the Wuhan-Yichang section of the Yangtze River High-Speed Railway.

　　Spanning 314 kilometers, the Wuhan-Yichang section is designed for a top speed of 350 km/h and forms a key part of the Yangtze River corridor under China’s national “Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal” high-speed rail network. The line serves eight stations, including Hankou, Hanchuanbei, Tianmen, Jingshannan, Zhongxiangnan, Jingmenxi, Dangyangxi and Yichangbei railway stations. With the opening of the line, the shortest travel time between Wuhan and Yichang has been reduced to 69 minutes.(Sanxia Daily: Reporters/ Huang Xiang and Lei Pengcheng; Hubei Daily: Reporters/Yang Nianming and Zhang Peng)