Dunhuang railway opens and operates the first ring railway network in Northwest China
Xining, Xinhua news agency, Dec. 18 (reporter Wang Fu, 18), with the opening of Subei to Mahai section, Dunhuang railway opened and operated, forming the first ring railway network in Northwest China.
reporter learned from China National Railway Group Co., Ltd that Dunhuang railway is located in Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province and Jiuquan City of Gansu Province. It starts from Liugou station of Lanzhou Xinjiang Railway in the north, passes through Dunhuang, Aksai and Subei, crosses Qilian Mountains and enters Qinghai Province. It is introduced into yinmaxia station of SiGe section of Qinghai Tibet Railway along Mahai and Dachaidan, with a total length of 671g Inside. Dunhuang railway is a class I electrified single track railway of China Railway, with double track conditions reserved. The design speed of the line is 120 kilometers per hour, the traction mass is 4000 tons, and the long-term transportation capacity will reach 36 million tons per year. The
Dunhuang railway includes Liugou to Dunhuang, Dunhuang to Subei, Mahai to yinmaxia and the newly opened Subei to Mahai sections. The total length of the section from Subei to Mahai opened this time is 173 km. Construction started in April 2013, with 6 stations newly built, namely dam river, heishigou, changcaogou, dangjinshan, Sugan lake and seshteng mountain. The
Dunhuang railway is an important connecting line between the Qinghai Tibet railway and the Lanzhou Xinjiang Railway. It will be connected with the Lanzhou qinghai railway, the Lanzhou Xinjiang Railway and the Qinghai Tibet railway to form the first ring railway network in the northwest of China. It will intersect with the geku railway to become the second international channel from the northwest to Central Asia, linking the four provinces and regions of Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet to fill this gap The lack of a regional road network has completely changed the history of railway transportation detour between Xinjiang, Tibet and even Central Asian countries. The transportation distance between Xinjiang and Tibet will be shortened by 1100 kilometers, saving nearly 10 hours, greatly facilitating people's travel along the line.