Great Picture!
It is a true circular line (a rare beast indeed) operating in the central area of the city with two crossings of the River Yangtse. It us fully automatic with platform screens and doors which makes a video of a cab ride a tad on the tedious side!
Hence the opening picture of this posting!
And it is only half open!
The rest will follow later this year.
Here is the half that is open shown on a geographical map extract of the full system!
Surely Wuhan needs a modern-day Harry Beck to design a diagram that is easier to follow?
There are diagrams on line, BUT ...
... simplicity is heavily compromised by the desire to use both English and Chinese script! The full version of the above diagram doesn't have Line 12 included anyway.
And there is a massive bludner on the diagram.
On the YELLOW line you read of a Metro stop called "East Square of Wuhan Station".
Well, it isn't!
fbb will explain.
There are THREE main line "National Rail" stations in the City, corresponding to the three historic communities that were brought together to created to modern metropolitan area.
Our desire to grasp something of the new Line 12 takes us to Wuchang station, eschewing Wuhan and Hankou. East Square is at Wuchang not Wuhan.
The National Rail station is a splendid edifice in pseudo traditional style ...
... looking gorgeous as the sun sets.
A closer look at the geographical Metro map reveals two Metro lines at Wuchang station.
We are offered interchange with LIME Metro Line 4 ...
... and ORANGE Line 7.
So, if 4 and 7 are in the main station, where are 11 and 12?
To the east of the main station building is East Square ...
... where sits a separate entrance to a Metro station.
There, on the totem, we see reference to YELLOW Metro Line 11 ...
.... now joined by the new Line 12! 
The big map explains all.
Tricky, innit?
But East Square Metro holds a secret which will be revealed when we look at stations and trains for Line 12 in more detail.
Above, we enjoy the floodlit Yellow Crane Tower, one of the oft rebuilt "ancient" sites of Wuhan. And it is yellow!
But yellowerer when it is floodlit!
To be continued.
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For the next few days, in a snippet on each blog, fbb will outline the possible reasons, the experiences and the possible consequences of the last week or so. The squeamish or hospital phobic should not read this diary!
EIGHT DAYS INSIDE (Thurs 28th May)
Endoscopy Day. You think it will be scary but it really isn't. A little light sedation means you hardly notice what is happening!
Things were looking up whilst Dr Rogers was looking down. Melena seemed to have finished her disruptive internal work with the Endoscopy being a visual check to see that the internal bleeding (a dribble not a gush) had stopped.
It had, apparently.
fbb should be home at the weekend.
The grub was going down well.
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