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Yang, Haoran. Dobruszkes, Frédéric. Wang, Jiao’e. Dijst, Martin.

Figure 4. The comparison between HSR and Airline advantage cities.

With the difference value larger than 1, there are three HSR advantage cities (Nanjing, Wuxi
and Changzhou) and 16 airline advantage cities (Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an,
Chongqing, Shenzhen, Sanya, Haikou, Xiamen, Qingdao, Harbin, Dalian, Tianjin, Changsha,
Hangzhou) in China. As to HSR advantage cities, Nanjing was upgraded from the third class of
airline networks to the second class of HSR networks, Wuxi, Changzhou are from the fourth
class to the third class. The three HSR advantage cities with more than 60 HSR connections
to other cities are all major cities with a high number of GDP and populations, interacting
strongly with each other within Jiangsu province by the Nanjing-Shanghai HSR route and
with other cities out of Jiangsu province through the Shanghai-Hangzhou HSR route. Their
HSR dominant positions not only reflect their important roles of serving as regional HSR hubs
for short and medium distance travel, but also the intense interactions between them and
adjacent cities which are facilitated by relatively more completed HSR networks in the YRD
than any other regions.

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