Characterizing the Structure of the Railway Network in China: A Complex Weighted Network Approach

Table 2

The top 20 cities ranked by degree.

City	Degree	Rank	Strength	Rank	Betweenness	Rank	Closeness	Rank
Beijing	673	1	5749	4	0.054	1	0.696	1
Shanghai	549	2	6694	1	0.014	12	0.645	2
Zhengzhou	547	3	5049	9	0.017	8	0.643	3
Xian	543	4	3831	16	0.022	7	0.641	4
Hangzhou	526	5	5499	7	0.012	16	0.634	7
Tianjin	524	6	6092	3	0.013	13	0.636	5
Wuhan	521	7	5710	5	0.009	24	0.635	6
Nanchang	521	7	3718	17	0.010	21	0.632	9
Xuzhou	520	9	4254	14	0.010	22	0.631	10
Guangzhou	516	10	5209	8	0.026	3	0.634	8
Nanjing	509	11	6395	2	0.010	20	0.628	13
Shenyang	507	12	5610	6	0.023	4	0.631	11
Shijiazhuang	499	13	3475	19	0.015	11	0.629	12
Jinan	495	14	3985	15	0.011	19	0.622	14
Jinzhou	463	15	2523	36	0.009	26	0.614	16
Bengbu	461	16	2629	32	0.007	36	0.611	19
Qinhuangdao	461	16	5011	10	0.008	32	0.612	17
Suzhou	461	16	3586	18	0.008	33	0.612	18
Shangqiu	420	19	2695	30	0.006	40	0.614	15
Zhuzhou	451	20	2635	31	0.006	46	0.610	20