Exploring the Node Importance and Its Influencing Factors in the Railway Freight Transportation Network in China

Table 4

Top-ranked provinces in 2005 and 2016 based on Hub.

2005			2016
Rank	Province	Hub	Rank	Province	Hub
1	Shanxi	0.627	1	Shanxi	0.735
2	Inner Mongolia	0.082	2	Inner Mongolia	0.117
3	Shandong	0.038	3	Tianjin	0.035
4	Heilongjiang	0.031	4	Shandong	0.024
5	Tianjin	0.03	5	Shaanxi	0.017
6	Hebei	0.027	6	Hebei	0.008