Wuhan, the original hub of the coronavirus in China, saw more than 624,300 people use its public transport system in the days following the end of the city’s 76-day lockdown.
According to the city’s transport department, some 346 buses and boat lines, seven subway lines and taxis resumed operations last week.
A total of 184,000 people travelled on buses, 336,300 on subways and 104,000 in taxis, reported state news agency Xinhua.
Around 52,000 people left Wuhan either by bus, train or air, while 31,000 people entered the city.
With the lifting of lockdown measures on Wuhan some 11 weeks after it became the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, 11 million people are allowed to leave the city for the first time since January.
After outbound travel restrictions were lifted, Wuhan witnessed long lines of cars at expressway toll gates and large numbers of passengers boarding trains.
As people get back to work, Wuhan’s traffic police said it expects vehicles on the roads to reach 1.8 million this week.
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