China built the world's first rings of desert railway routes

Xinhua News Agency, Urumqi, June 16th (Reporter Hao Yu and Gu Yu) At 10:53 on the 16th, 5818 trains of the passengers were sailed from Xinjiang Hetian Station, and Ruo Railway was officially opened. China has completed the "last puzzle" of the world's first desert railway route in the largest desert Taklama, and the world's first ring desert railway is completed, which has benefited tens of millions of people from all ethnic groups.

He Ruo Railway is 825 kilometers in length, with a design speed of 120 kilometers per hour. It cross the sandy sea all the way to the junction of Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet. It forms a 2712 kilometer ring -shaped railway with the existing Giku Railway and the Southern Xinjiang Railway, which "surrounds" the Taklama Ganan Desert.

This national I -class single -line railway connects the little oasis in the desert, ending the history of five counties including the southern edge of the Tarim Basin and the end of the five counties, and Minfeng, and the three regiments of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

Since 12:00 on the 15th and Ruo Railway tickets on sale, more than 1,000 tickets were sold out quickly. Passenger Patgogli Aissen, who often travels between Hetian City and the Mochi County, shook the ticket in his hand and said that in the past, he could only take a bus and end. Now it is convenient to travel by train, which can save two or three hours.

Faced with the inaccessible desert, the builders promoted the construction of wind and sand protection projects and railway construction simultaneously. In the extensive greening of the Ruo Railway, in the extremely serious location of the wind and sand, it was used to build a bridge with a total length of nearly 50 kilometers. , Reduce the threat of wind sand to the railway.

"He Ruo Railway once again proves to the world that China is confident and capable of running the railway smoothly in the desert." Said that China Railway First Survey and Design Institute Group Co., Ltd. and Ruo Railway chief designer Yang Baorong.

"The new channel of the desert railway opens the flow of people and logistics, and the rich products and tourism scenery along the route will enter more people's vision to promote the economic prosperity of Xinjiang, especially the southern Xinjiang region." The Ya Site, Andyle Ancient City and other places brought more tourists to promote the development of the local tourism industry.

For thousands of years, Xinjiang has a vast area, but it has been difficult. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xinjiang has continuously increased railway construction, railway rails have continued to extend to deserts and oasis, and Xinjiang and the motherland have closer to the motherland.

As of the end of 2021, the Xinjiang railway operating mileage reached 8151 kilometers. Xinjiang has initially formed a "one master, two auxiliary" traffic pattern with the Lanxin Railway and the Lanxin high -speed rail, Linhe to Hami Railway, and Gaku Railway as the South Channel. "Regional hub".

【Edit: Chen Haifeng】

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