On the day of the long-anticipated lifting of the lockdown of Wuhan, the capital of Central China's Hubei province on April 8, the first high-speed train and flight from the city arrived in Xi’an, local officials said.

They said that the train arrived at Xi'an North Station and the plane streamed into Xi’an Xianyang International Airport, respectively, in the capital city of northwestern Shaanxi province.

Passengers land in Xi'an at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport.[Photo/sxdaily.com.cn]

There were a total of nine roundtrip trains between Wuhan and Xi'an on April 8. According to pre-sale tickets, 921 people took bullet trains from Xi'an to Wuhan and 415 people took bullet trains from Wuhan to Xi'an.

Staff members disinfect compartments after the G857 high-speed train arrives in Xi'an, the first from Wuhan to Xi'an after Wuhan lifted the lockdown. [Photo/sxdaily.com.cn]

After more than an hour's flight, 43 passengers arrived in Xi'an from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. On the same day, Xi'an Xianyang International Airport also put on two flights to Wuhan.

Wuhan, the megacity in Central China, started lifting outbound travel restrictions from April 8 after almost 11 weeks of lockdown to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus pneumonia.

CZ3889 flight arrives at Xi'an Xianyang International Airport on April 8, carrying 43 passengers from Wuhan. [Photo/sxdaily.com.cn]