Wuhan is one of the most populated cities in China, and a major transportation hub.
With a population of more than 11 million people according to government figures, Wuhan is the capital city of Hubei province and the biggest city in China's central region., or a four-hour ride by high-speed railway.
In addition to conventional railway networks, Wuhan is one of the stops on two of the main long-haul high-speed railway lines: Beijing-Guangzhou and Shanghai-Chengdu high-speed railway .Airport screenings for the Wuhan coronavirus increase around the world According to data from aviation website Flightconnections.com, Wuhan Airport services non-stop scheduled passenger flights to 109 destinations in 20 countries. These include major cities like London, Moscow, Paris, Rome, New York, San Francisco, Bangkok, Tokyo and Seoul.Wuhan to shut temporarily
All train tickets in and out of Wuhan have also been suspended, while multiple international airlines have canceled flights to the city.This is expected to create a lot of chaos as China is now in the middle of Chunyun, or the Spring Festival travel rush. Some 3 billion trips were expected to be made among Chinese people visiting their families to celebrate Lunar New Year -- many of those journeys passing through Wuhan.
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