Wuhan megalopolis, noted
for its "thoroughfares of nine provinces", is one of the
few important national transportation and communications
hubs consisting of railway, highway, waterway, airline,
post and telecommunication. The annual freight volume
hits 126.9 million tons, and the annual passenger
traffic volume reaches 92.68 million
passengers.
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| The Beijing-Guangzhou railway runs
through the city proper from the south to the north, and
the Shanghai-Chongqing railway through the city proper
from the east to the west. These two major national
railways intersect with the
Wuhan-jiujiang,Wuhan-danjiangkou, Wuhan-daye
Beijing-jiulong railways at Wuhan. Therefore, Wuhan
railway stations can be linked directly up to the
northern china, southwestern China, central and southern
China, and eastern China, southwestern China, central
and southern china, and eastern China railways
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| At Hankou and wuchang railway
stations,77 passenger trains depart from there per day.
Those trains and the other 120 passenger trains passing
through the two railway stations may directly connect 21
large-sized or medium-sized cities. The railway lines
under the administration of the Wuhan Railway Subbureau
reaches 14 and the total extension lines reaching
2705km.The annual freight volume hits 50.04 million tons
and the annual passenger-traffic volume reaches 19.74
million passengers. |
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The Wuhan highways are composed
largely of national main roads No.107, No316. , No318
and No.106highways, creating around the Wuhan city
proper nine major city exits. These national highways
are also directly linked up to 15 provincial highways
and 39 county and village highways. At present, the
daily passing through capability reaches 85,000. The
annual freight volume hits 5251 million tons and the
annual passengertraffic volume reaches 65.21 million
passengers. |
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| Wuhan port is the first-grade port
for opening to the outside world. It is the largest port
along the Changjiang River. It covers an area of 1.23
million km2,economicially benefiting about one third of
the national territory. The annual freight volume hits
2432 million tons and the annual passenger-traffic
volume reaches 5.55million passengers. |
| The international ships can sail
directly to Wuhan port. The port of Qingshan special for
foreign trade, established recently, has many shipping
lines leading directly to 14countries and regions such
as Russia, Japan, Singapore, Hongkong and
Macao. |
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| The airways in Wuhan have reached
50.scheduled flights per week. They can bring passenges
to 43 cities and areas in China. The annual freight
volume hits 31,200 tons, and the annual passenger -
traffic volume reaches 2.174 million passengers. The new
built Wuhan Tianhe Airport is one of the four largest
freight airport, which enables the airline all over the
world.
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