"The Sea of Hope" blooms "Flowers of Life" -the story behind the construction and opening of the railway

Light Daily reporter Li Hui Zhao Minghao Bright Daily Correspondent Lu Shiwei

The scorching sun is empty, and the dunes are boundless. Two green railways covering the desert, Gobi, and Populus euphratica forests, extended to Yellow Sands.

This is the largest desert of my country, the largest desert of the "Death", the Taklama Ganan Desert; this railway is the Haruo Railway, which focuses on the world's attention.

On June 16, and the Ruo Railway was officially opened, and the existing Gaku Railway and the Southern Xinjiang Railway "held hands" to complete the world's first desert railway ring line. As the last railway puzzle around the Taklama -Ganan Desert, and the opening of the railway, the operation of Ruo Railway makes the "sea of ​​death" "the sea of ​​hope" and blooms the "flower of life".

How difficult is it to build a railway in the "Sea of ​​Death"? How does the railway builder achieve a breakthrough? What impact will the opening of the railway on the development of southern Xinjiang? The reporter interviewed the front line of the railway.

Railway rails, get out of Xinjiang, get up

The crispy whistle cuts through the silence of the scene. "Open to traffic!" At 10:53 am on June 16th, with a order, 5818 trains slowly sailed out of Hetian Station, and the planned construction and Ruo Railway were officially opened to traffic for 12 years.

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.

This national -level single -line railway, connecting the little oasis in the desert, ended the history of three counties and military regiments including the southern edge of the Tarim Basin and the end of the five counties and the Campaign.

According to Yang Baorong, chief designer of the China Railway Survey and Design, and the Ruo Railway Chief Designer, and the Ruowei Railway is an important part of the South Xinjiang Ring Road, its opening is connected to the Geku line and the southern Xinjiang line that has been opened to form a closed loop. The total length is 2712 kilometers.

"This ring line is equivalent to the straight line distance from Beijing to Sansha from the South China Sea. Southern Xinjiang Railway railway surrounds the world's second largest desert Taklama Gang Desert, including an area of ​​377,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the area of ​​Shandong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang." Yang Baorong Point out.

On the morning of June 16th, the 22nd regiment of the 22nd regiment of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the peasant Etikama Abduldir, took his mother Awaitham Mc Maiyti to Yutian County.

"Mom is 67 years old and hasn't taken the train yet. I took her to take a train to Yutian." Etikama Abduldir said that before from home to Tian, ​​I couldn't get to it for an hour. , It's less than 30 minutes now, it is very convenient.

"I have studied weaving carpet technology with my father since I was a child. The works created by weaving have participated in non -heritage exhibitions organized by Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and other places. Many foreign companies and domestic companies want to cooperate with us, but the products are difficult to transport them." Buwu Hopadin, who lives in Luopu County, is a non -genetic inheritance of handmade wool carpet. The opening of the railway made him extremely excited. "In the future, my products can be sent to all parts of the world by train to let people all over the world feel China's carpet culture!"

The party committee secretary and chairman of the Xinjiang He Ruo Railway Co., Ltd. introduced that and the Ruo Railway is like an economic "arterial artery", which completely ended the history of the "five counties and three regiments" in the southern Xinjiang region. The inland railway transportation distance is shortened by 1,000 kilometers, which is of great significance for the outbound Xinjiang and economic and social development along the line.

Take root deep in the desert, open the way without path

And Ruo Railway is located in the southern edge of the Taklimanan Desert, with 534 kilometers distributed in the wind sand area, accounting for 65%of the total length of the line. It is a typical desert railway.

How difficult is it to repair the railway in the desert? "The hot sun is like a fire, and the snow is like a knife. It blows the wind and dust and the dust is violent. Walking is faltering." Looking back, the person in charge of the 14th Bureau of China Railway and the Roman Railway Label project was full of emotions.

"We often work in the environment of a dozen or twenty degrees below minus or twenty degrees. Standing outside, the wind can quickly blow people. The down jackets and cotton coats are not used. Finally, put the raincoat on the body. The problem of body temperature loss. "Ding Xiaojun, deputy manager of the Railway Railway Project Department, said this.

The war was in the cold and the summer, and the railway builders took root deep in the desert, and opened the road without the way to search for the construction direction for the railway.

The railway department found through the early survey and analysis that the Taklama -Ganan desert was strong, and the dunes moved an average of 20 meters per year, which was easy to bury the line.

In response to the problems of wind sand and dynamic dynamics in some areas, the dynamic migration of the sand dunes is easy to bury the line, in a particularly serious location in the wind and sand, the builders adopt a "bridge to replace the road" plan, that is, to build a "cross sand bridge", let the wind sand wear it from the bridge under the bridge. Pass. The bridge of the bridge is like a steel dragon, and the wind is raging.

On the Ruo Railway, you can also see the spectacular scene of "thousands of miles and one track". "The rails of He Ruo Railway are welded with a standard rail of 100 meters long after welding the rail factory into a 500 -meter -long rail, which is transported to the paving base. The reporter, that is, there is no rail seam across the board. This is the longest -seamless railway railway in Xinjiang.

The application of a series of new technologies has witnessed the miracle in the history of China's railway construction.

Desert repair railway, sand control must be first enabled

The Taklama Gan Desert has seven months a year is the wind season, the train runs in the desert, and wind and sand are the biggest threat. To this end, the China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Company proposed the construction concept of "deserted railway, sand control should be first", and simultaneously promoted the construction of wind and sand protection projects. With 13 million plants with Joe Mumu, a green barrier for the sand protection road is formed. "Physical sand prevention is not a long -term strategy. Only through plant sand prevention can we solve the problem from the fundamental problem. We decided to adopt the prevention and control measures that combine the combination of engineering sand and plant sand prevention. Turn the dates, etc., and Joe Mu uses Populus euphratica, sand dates, etc. "When talking about the planting trees, Wang Mongzhong is like a few treasures.

The highest temperature in the cool summer during the cool summer was 67.2 ° C, the temperature difference between day and night was above 40 ° C, the average annual precipitation did not exceed 100 mm, and the average evaporation volume was as high as 2500 to 3400 mm. The planting trees were extremely difficult.

"Gobi Beach and saline -alkali land are a layer of hard shell. After digging, it is difficult to survive on it." Ding Xiaojun told reporters that in order to plant trees, they would choose to change the field and use the excavator to dig out the salt alkali soil. Plant trees by replacing the soil, and at the same time build a pipeline through a well to achieve a full coverage of drip irrigation. This job is like a child, and it is necessary to cultivate trees until it has the ability to resist natural disasters.

"On the one hand, it is to do a good job of governance, and on the other hand, we must plan in advance to minimize the impact of the railway on the environment along the route." Yang Baorong said, "The final line plan determined by the railway, try to avoid ecological vulnerable and sensitive zones such as the Chelchen River. Wetland Nature Reserve, Niya National Wetland Park, and the centralized distribution area and important water sources along the lines along the route, do their best to protect the ecological balance along the line. "

Under the guidance of the concept of "desert renovation, sand control", and Ruo Railway woven a green ecological barrier in the Gobi of the desert.

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