Just now, Wuhan East Station was officially opened, and the first bus was issued.

Jimu Journalist Pan Xizheng

Photography Journalist Li Hui

"C5627 trains, please close the door." At 7:26 am on August 12th, as the first train was opened, Wuhan East Railway Station in Wuhan Optics Valley was officially opened for operation.

At 6:45 am on the 12th, when Jimu Journalists arrived at Wuhan East Station West Plaza, many passengers were already in a hurry to enter the station. In only half a minute, the reporter completed the verification procedures and entered the station in only half a minute.

When I came to the second floor of the West Waiting Hall, Journalists saw that many passengers were waiting. The first bus opened from Wuhan East Station was a C5627 train from Wuhan East Station to Huanggang West Station.

Ms. Ma, who lives in the Kindi Sunshine City in Wuhan, is the first bus passenger. On the same day, she went back to visit her parents and work by the way. "My husband drove me for only 7 minutes on the road." Ms. Ma told reporters that in the past, I had to drive by my hometown in the past. It took at least an hour and a half on the road. More than an hour. "The railway station in front of the house is open, it is too convenient."

He Hanyi, who lives in Qingshan, is 67 years old this year. He is a railway fan. Today, he is dedicated to sitting from Line 5 from Oshan Century City to Wuhan East Railway Station. The reporter saw that he bought a ticket from Wuhan East Station to Hankou Station with a fare of 14 yuan. He told reporters: "I just came to experience today. The new railway station is opened, we are particularly happy."

At 7:10, the first bus passengers inspected the tickets to enter the station one after another. Hu Hongxin, director of Wuhan East Station, introduced that after the ticket was released on the afternoon of the 11th, the station had already sold more than 1,000 tickets that day. On the first train C5627, there were more than 140 passengers who got from Wuhan East Station.

According to reports, Wuhan East Station is positioned as the intercity train hub station in the province. It is the final station from Wuhan to Huanggang, Wuhan to Huangshi, Wuhan to Xianning Intercity Train, and trains with Xian Tao and Yichang.

Starting today, the entrances and exits of the contact channel between Wuhan East Station and the Railway Station of Metro are also officially opened. Metro and National Railway have only taken half a minute. At this point, the four major railway stations of Hankou Station, Wuchang Station, Wuhan Station, and Wuhan East Station are seamlessly connected.

According to the relevant person in charge of the China Railway Wuhan Bureau Group Co., Ltd., Wuhan East Station integrated railway, subway, fast bus, conventional bus, and Metro Line 2, Line 11, and Wuhan Express Bus BRT Customer Bus, Taxi and so on "Seamless transfers" for transportation methods. Starting from Wuhan East Station, you can take the third ring line in 10 minutes, and reach the core area of ​​Wuhan Three Town in 40 minutes, and you can reach Tianhe Airport in 60 minutes.

At present, Wuhan is planned to build the seven major railway stations of the "five masters and two auxiliary", of which the five masters are: Wuhan Station, Wuchang Station, Hankou Station, Hanyang Station, and Wuhan Tianhe Station.

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