Northern Xinjiang Railway

The Northern Xinjiang Railway or Beijiang Railway (北疆铁路) is a railway in Xinjiang, China between Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang and Alashankou on the border with Kazakhstan. The railway is 460 km in length and runs along the northern slope of the Tian Shan mountain range, connecting all major cities and towns of the southern Junggar Basin, including Changji, Hutubi, Manas, Shihezi, Kuytun, Wusu, Bortala (Bole) and Jinghe.[1] The line extends the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway west from Ürümqi to the Turkestan-Siberia Railway on the Kazakh border, and forms a section of the Trans-Eurasian Railway from Rotterdam to Lianyungang. The line opened in 1992.[1] The a new double-track line between Ürümqi and Jinghe was built in 2009 to supplement the Northern Xinjiang Railway.[2]

Gallery

  • The Northern Xinjiang Railway

  • Ürümqi Station.

  • Train No. 5801, a double-decker sleeper train, from Urumqi-Alashankou at the Bole Station in April 2006.

  • The Ürümqi to Alashankou Train (No. 5601/6502)

  • Bole Station.

  • Aibihu (Ebi-Nur) Station.

  • Wulandabusen Station.

  • Alashankou Station platform.

  • Westernmost point of the Northern Xinjiang Railway, with marker showing 2,360km from Lanzhou.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b (Chinese) "北疆铁路公司" 2007-07-18
  2. ^ (Chinese) "新疆精伊霍、乌精二线、奎北、乌准4条铁路新线开通运营" 2009-11-06

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