Operation of Qinghai section of geku Railway

Sketch map of Qinghai section of geku Railway

At 11:18 on June 30, with the sound of a bagpipe, the first train heading for Huatugou in Qinghai slowly left Golmud station, marking the opening of Qinghai section of Golmud Korla railway. Another "New Silk Road" is added to the northwest desert.

The Qinghai section of geku railway is 505.6km long, with 15 stations such as Golmud, Wutumeiren, gansen and Huatugou. It is a class I electrified single track railway of national railway, with a design speed of 120 km / h. after it is put into operation, 1 pair of passenger train and 2 pairs of freight train will be operated.

Geku railway is located in the west of Qinghai Province and the southeast of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The line starts from Golmud City, runs westward along the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain and the southern edge of Qaidam Basin, enters Xinjiang, crosses Altun mountain and reaches Korla City. The total length of the line is 1213.7km. It passes through Qaidam Basin and Tarim Basin. It is difficult to construct. It is the national medium and long term railway network planning and the western region Key projects in the large-scale development.

China Railway Qinghai Tibet Group Co., Ltd. and the construction units have formed a technical research group to optimize the construction scheme, solve the technical problems of sand and wind protection and soft foundation treatment, and overcome many difficulties along the line, such as drought and sandstorm.

During the construction period, Qinghai Tibet group company organized relevant units to arrange the plan in reverse, scientifically promote the project construction, comprehensively strengthen responsibility management, increase quality control, solidly carry out special treatment of engineering construction projects, and orderly carry out line horizontal push inspection in combination with external environment improvement of ordinary speed railway, so as to ensure the line opening and operation on schedule.

After the Qinghai section of geku railway is put into operation, the space-time distance between Mangya and Golmud has been greatly shortened, and the people of all ethnic groups along the line can travel and trade. At the same time, there are rich mineral resources such as oil, potash fertilizer, asbestos and non-ferrous metals along the line. After opening to traffic, the transportation capacity of the areas along the route will be released, and the development and circulation of mineral resources in the West will be promoted.