Shanghai eased into the first morning after the full restoration of city's traffic on Wednesday.

Shanghai's Metro network transported 913,000 passengers as of 11am on Wednesday, nearly half fewer than that before the COVID-19 lockdown.

Metro Line 9 became the most popular line, handling some 96,000 passengers on Wednesday morning, followed by Lines 1, 8, 2 and 11, according to Shanghai Shentong Metro, the operator.