The Hefei–Wuhan railway is a 250 km/h high-speed railway in Chinese provinces of Anhui and Hubei, with trains running from Anhui's capital Hefei to Hubei's capital Wuhan. The railway opened on 31 December 2008, high-speed services started on April 1, 2009. at 250 km/h and has been used by Shanghai–Nanjing–Hefei–Wuhan express trains since then. As of July 2010, scheduling systems showed nine daily D-series express trains running in each direction between Hefei and Wuhan's three train stations (Wuhan, Hankou, and Wuchang), making the trip in 2 hours to 2 hrs 40 min. Another six Shanghai-Wuhan D-series trains passed this section without stopping in Hefei. This railway is one of the sections of the important east-west route known as the [Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway](https://bliptext.com/articles/shanghai-wuhan-chengdu-high-speed-railway) (Shanghai–Hankou–Chengdu). The railway uses tunnels when crossing the Dabie Mountains on the Anhui–Hubei border.