Yichang South railway station
Yichangnan 宜昌南  | |||||
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| Location | Dianjun District, Yichang, Hubei China | ||||
| Coordinates | 30°40′43″N 111°13′24″E / 30.6786°N 111.2232°E | ||||
| Operator | China Railway Corporation | ||||
| Line | Yiwan Railway | ||||
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Yichang South railway station is a freight-only railway station on the Yichang-Wanzhou Railway. It is located in Dianjun District of the city of Yichang, in Hubei Province of People's Republic of China. In early design documents it was called Dianjun Station (点军站).
Service
The stations serves as an intermediate station of the Yichang-Wanzhou Railway.[1] It does not offer any passenger service, as it is freight-only.[1] It includes five tracks, one basic platform, one freight yard, and one network maintenance area.[2] The station throughputs around 800,000 metric tons of freight per year.[1]
History
Construction on the station began in December 2004 and was finished towards the end of 2007. As the Yichang-Wanzhou Railway entered service in 2008, this station followed suite.[3]
On December 26, 2019, the station, as the starting point of the Maoping Port Railway connecting to the Three Gorges Dam, started renovations under a construction period of 42 months.[4] By 2022, the renovations had increased the traction tonnage of the station from 4,000 tons to 5,000 tons, resulting in a 25% increase in the cargo capacity of a single freight train and an annual increase in port handling capacity of over 4.7 million tons.[1]
Every day, 26 freight trains pass through the station.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "武铁新增三峡疏港铁路能力470多万吨 5000吨货物列车可直接进入鸦宜线 - 政务动态 - 宜昌市人民政府". www.yichang.gov.cn. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "中交一公局集团宜昌三峡疏港铁路项目宜昌南站运梁通道顺利贯通". henan.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "宜万铁路线宜昌南站全面动工（图）". www.cnhubei.com. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "宜昌城建控股集团三峡翻坝运输体系两项目开工 - 要闻简报 - 宜昌市人民政府国有资产监督管理委员会". gzw.yichang.gov.cn. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "武铁年新增470多万吨三峡疏港铁路能力". Weixin Official Accounts Platform. Retrieved 2026-06-26.