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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.
Railways£º
¡¡¡¡ 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 networks. 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.
Highways£º
¡¡¡¡ 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.
Waterway£º
¡¡¡¡ 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.
Airway£º
¡¡¡¡ The airways in Wuhan have reached 50.scheduled flights
per week. They can bringpassenges to 43 cities and areas
in China. The annual freight volume hits 31,200 tons, and
the annual passenger ¨Ctraffic 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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