2712 kilometers in the world's first desert railway ring line formed today

According to Xinhua News Agency reporters on the 15th, it was learned from China National Railway Group Co., Ltd., and the Hetian to Ruomao Railway (He Ruo Railway) will be opened on the 16th.At this point, the Xinjiang Railway Network will further improve to form the world's first desert railway ring line -2712 kilometers long Taklama Ganan Desert Railway Railway.

He Ruo Railway starts from Hetian City, Xinjiang, and Ruoqian County, Bayin Guo Leng Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture in the east. It has a total length of 825 kilometers and a design speed of 120 kilometers per hour. It is a national -level single -line railway.The railway is located in the world's second largest liquid desert -the southern edge of the Taklama -Ganan Desert. It is distributed in the windshery area of 534 kilometers and accounts for 65 % of the total length of the line. It is a typical desert railway.

After the opening of the Ruo Railway, the Ruoqiang to the Korla section of the Golmud to the Korla Railway, the Korla to the Kashgar section of the South Xinjiang Railway, and the Kashgar to the Tian section together form the 2712 kilometers of the Takrama -Gang Desert Railway.

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