8 things to know as Hubei railway services restart

Editor's note: As the novel coronavirus has been largely brought under control in Central China's Hubei province, the hardest-hit region by the virus, Hubei resumed its railway transportation in a phased fashion starting on Wednesday after a two-month of suspension. On the same day, Bao Liqun, vice-general manager of China Railway Wuhan Group Co Ltd, answered several questions of common concern during a video interview with CCTV. Here are the questions and answers based on the interview.

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Q: On the first day of resuming railway services in Hubei, how many people left Hubei. How many entered by train?
A: A total of 266 trains travelled through Hubei on Wednesday, bringing over 8,000 passengers into the province and 23,600 out of it. The ratio is about one to three.
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