News on June 16, according to media reports, this morning,The Heruo Railway was officially put into operation, and China completed the “last piece of the puzzle” of the world‘s first railway line around the desert in Taklimakan, the largest desert.The world‘s first railway line around the desert was completed. The Taklimakan Desert is the second largest mobile desert in the world and is known as the “Sea of Death”. The Heruo Railway is located at the southern edge of the desert, and together with the existing Geku Railway, Kahe Railway and Nanjiang Railway, it forms a closed railway loop around the Taklimakan Desert.
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The Heruo Railway has a total length of 825 kilometers and a design speed of 120 kilometers per hour.Reserve electrification conditions for the national class I single-track railway.
There are 22 stations on the whole line, of which 11 stations in Hotan, Luopu, Celle, Yuquan Town, Yutian, Minfeng, Nantun, Jinshan, Qiemo, Washixia, and Ruoqiang are open for passenger transportation, and 11 stations in Hotan, Celle, etc. , 6 stations in Yutian, Minfeng, Qiemo and Ruoqiang provide passenger and freight services, and other stations are railway technical operation stations.
After the Heruo Railway was put into operation, the railway department arranged for 2 passenger trains to run, and the people along the line could take the passenger trains directly to Ruoqiang, Korla, Urumqi and other places.Hotan to Ruoqiang, Korla and Urumqi can be reached in 11 hours and 26 minutes, 17 hours and 50 minutes, and 24 hours and 23 minutes respectively.
