- Lanxin railway
The Lanxin railway, or Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway (
Traditional Chinese : 蘭新鐵路;Simplified Chinese : 兰新铁路;pinyin : Lánxīn Tiělù) is a railway in thePeople's Republic of China .The railway is the only railway linking
Xinjiang to the rest of China. It extends 1903.8 kilometers fromLanzhou (its easternmost point) to theUrumqi , and another 477 kilometers extended line toAlataw Pass (its westernmost point), where China'sAlashankou railway station is connected to Kazakhstan'sDostyk station.It forms part of the Second Eurasian Continental Bridge which extends from eastern China to
Rotterdam in theNetherlands .For part of its path, it travels along a similar route to that of the
Silk Road .It was built by the
China Railway Engineering Corporation . Construction of the initial stage (to Urumqi) started in1952 and was completed in1962 . The extension to the Kazakhstan border was built in the late 1980s, linkup with the Kazakhstan Railroads achieved on September 12, 1990. After the completion of the 20kmWushaoling Tunnel in2006 , the railway fromLanzhou toUrumqi is all double-tracked.ee also
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Rail transport in the People's Republic of China
*List of railways in China References
* cite web
title=Xinjiang Travel Guide
work=China Travel Guide
url=http://www.uvista.com/en/xinjiang/
accessdate=Dec 24
accessyear=2005
* cite web
title=The Economic Development of Xinjiang After the Founding of New China
work=Government White Papers
url=http://www.china.org.cn/e-white/20030526/5.htm
accessdate=Dec 24
accessyear=2005
* cite web
title=Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway
work=China Railway Engineering Corporation
url=http://www.crecg.com/eng3/projects/lxtl.htm
accessdate=Dec 24
accessyear=2005
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