Beijing–Hankou Railway

The Beijing–Hankou or Jinghan Railway (simplified Chinese: 京汉铁路; traditional Chinese: 京漢鐵路; pinyin: Jīnghàn Tiělù) was a railway line extending from the Chinese capital Beijing to Hankou in Hubei province that was finished in 1905. It was originally known as the Peking–Hankow Railway. Across the Yangtze river in Wuchang was another line, the Canton–Hankow Railway that ran from Canton to Wuchang. Before the First Chang River Bridge was built in 1957 linking the two railways, it could take up to an entire day to transport railcars across the Yangtze by barge to the other line.

The course is now part of the modern Jingguang Railway.

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