Editing Hubei (section)

=== Rail ===
The [[Jingguang railway|railway from Beijing]] reached Wuhan in 1905, and was later extended to Guangzhou, becoming the first north-to-south railway mainline to cross China. A number of other lines crossed the province later on, including the [[Jiaozuo–Liuzhou railway]] and [[Beijing–Kowloon railway]], respectively, in the western and eastern part of the province.

The first decade of the 21st century has seen a large amount of new railway construction in Hubei. The [[Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway]], roughly parallel to the original Wuhan-Guangzhou line, opened in late 2009, it was subsequently extended to the north, to Beijing becoming the [[Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway]]. An east-west high-speed corridor connecting major cities along the Yangtze, the [[Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu passenger railway]] was gradually opened between 2008 and 2012, the [[Wuhan–Yichang railway]] section of it opening in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=zh:汉宜高铁拟本月开通 届时每日将开行20对列车 |url=http://roll.sohu.com/20120510/n342830481.shtml |language=zh |date=10 May 2012}}</ref> The [[Wuhan–Xiaogan intercity railway]] was opened in December 2016 and it was extended when the [[Wuhan–Shiyan high-speed railway]] opened in November 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hb.chinanews.com/news/2016/1201/266267.html |script-title=zh:武孝城际铁路正式开通 市民可以坐城铁赶飞机 |trans-title=Wuhan–Xiaogan intercity railway officially opens; city residents can take the line to catch flights |language=zh |website=chinanews.com Hubei |date=2016-12-01 |access-date=2019-12-19 |archive-date=2017-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109191244/http://www.hb.chinanews.com/news/2016/1201/266267.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=IRG>{{cite web |title=Wuhan – Shiyan high speed line opens |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/high-speed/wuhan-shiyan-high-speed-line-opens/55242.article |website=Railway Gazette International |access-date=1 December 2019 |date=29 November 2019}}</ref>