Geku railway completed the longest "crossing"

Xinjiang Ruoqiang, Nov. 19, our reporter Geng Dandan and correspondent Wu Qi reported that on the morning of Nov. 19, with the sound of a gun, the arjinshan tunnel of geku railway, which lasted for 3 years and 6 months, was officially opened, and the longest "crossing" of geku railway, which was trekking among the mountains, was completed The total length of

geku railway is 1213.95 km, of which the Xinjiang section is 708 km. The railway starts from Golmud City in Qinghai Province in the East, passes through Altun mountain and Qaidam Basin in the west, and finally reaches Korla City in Xinjiang. At present, it takes 26 hours by car from Korla in Xinjiang to Golmud in Qinghai. After the completion of geku railway, the travel time of trains in the two cities has been shortened to about 12 hours There are 16 tunnels designed for the Xinjiang section of

geku railway, 15 of which are located in Altun mountain. Altun mountain tunnel, with a total length of 13.195km, is the first tunnel in the whole line, and it is the key control project of geku railway. "The completion of the erjinshan tunnel marks the completion of the civil works of geku railway." Gao Zhanfei, deputy chief civil engineer of the third division of project management department of Xinjiang S6 section of geku railway of China Railway Tunnel Bureau Group Co., Ltd., said.