And if the railway track laying is completed, it is expected to open in June next year.

If the railway track laying is completed, it is expected to be put into operation in June next year

If the railway track laying is completed, it is expected to be put into operation in June next year, and the world's first railway line around the desert is officially "closed"; and if the railway is a national key railway construction project, it is expected to be put into operation in June next year. And if the track laying of the railway is completed, it is expected to be put into operation in June next year. On the morning of September 27th, Minfeng County, Hotan District, Xinjiang, the whole line of the railway was laid and connected, marking the official "closed loop" of the railway line around Taklimakan Desert. Heruo Railway is a national key railway construction project, with a total length of 825.476km, connecting Hotan City in southern Xinjiang and Ruoqiang County in Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture. It is expected to be put into operation in June 222. The completed Wako Railway is connected with the existing Geku Railway, Kakha Railway and South Xinjiang Railway, and surrounds the Taklimakan Desert. And if the railway is completed, it will form an annular railway network with the existing South Xinjiang Railway around the Tarim Basin, which is the only annular railway network around the desert in the world.

Heruo Railway is an important part of the convenient passage from southern Xinjiang to the mainland. After the completion of the railway, it will not only improve the local transportation conditions, but also accelerate the pace of economic development and opening up along the line. It has also opened up a land passage for Central Asia and South Asia for Qinghai, Tibet, Gansu and Sichuan in western China, which has effectively promoted the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt. As a desert railway, the Wako Railway has attracted people's attention since its construction. The Wako Railway, with a total length of 825.476 kilometers, has 534.8 kilometers in the desert, forming a circular railway network with the existing South Xinjiang Railway in Tarim Basin, which is also the only circular railway network around the desert in the world. This railway is the most difficult railway around the desert under construction in the world. Since the construction started at the end of 218, the railway builders have overcome the unfavorable factors such as desert flow, dry weather, lack of resources and complicated region along the line, and put forward the construction concept of "sand control first", creating a precedent for the simultaneous implementation of sandstorm protection projects and railway construction, keeping a close eye on the construction task objectives and promoting the construction process steadily and efficiently.

Since the construction of Heruo Railway started, it has actively helped to overcome poverty and maintained and consolidated the achievements made in tackling poverty. In the process of railway construction, Xinjiang Railway Department actively gives priority to local resources, optimizes temporary construction projects, gives priority to surplus labor along the railway, and vigorously maintains and consolidates the achievements of poverty alleviation, thus contributing to rural revitalization. And if the railway is completed, it will be connected with the Kuge Railway and the South Xinjiang Railway. People from South Xinjiang will not bypass Turpan when they leave Xinjiang, but can go directly to the mainland through Ruoqiang via Qinghai, which will shorten the journey to Xinjiang by more than 1, kilometers, which will facilitate local people to travel and greatly save time and cost. It is worth mentioning that the opening of the railway will end the history that there are no railways in five counties and cities and three corps farms in southern Xinjiang, such as Luopu, Yutian, Qira, Qiemo and Minfeng. The rich product resources and tourism resources in southern Xinjiang will be further developed with the opening of the railway, so that local people can fully enjoy the dividends of railway development, which is of positive significance for helping rural revitalization, and if the railway has become a veritable "rich line".

Up to now, many exit routes such as Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway, Linha Railway and Kuge Railway have been built, and the completion of Ruoqiang Railway is bound to deepen the interaction and exchange between southern Xinjiang and the mainland, and further smooth the Eurasian Golden Corridor with the northwest region as the node. Ruoqiang will play the role of the bridgehead of transportation and logistics between southern Xinjiang and the mainland, and accelerate the turnover of passengers and goods in southern Xinjiang, which is of great significance for promoting the economic development of the western region and smoothing the channels of humanities exchange. And if the track laying of the railway is completed, it is expected to be put into operation in June next year. 2

At 11 o'clock on September 27th, with the last group of 5-meter-long rails falling steadily at the construction site of the He (Tian) Ruo (Qiang) Railway in Minfeng County, Hotan District, Xinjiang, it marks that the whole line of the He (Ruo) Railway has been laid.

with a total length of 825.476 kilometers, the Heruo Railway is a national key railway project, connecting Hotan area in southern Xinjiang with Ruoqiang County in Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture. Construction started at the end of 218, track laying began in May 22, and it is expected to be put into operation in June 222. In the past three years since construction started, railway builders have overcome the adverse effects of hot and dry weather, difficult construction conditions and lack of resources along the line, kept a close eye on the objectives of construction tasks, and promoted railway construction with high quality and efficiency.

The railway construction personnel are connecting the rail joint splint. Mu Zhipeng photographed by Yang Guangwang Fa

and Ruoruo Railway is located at the southern edge of Taklimakan Desert, the second largest mobile desert in the world, which is known as the "sea of death". In order to prevent the influence of sand damage on construction, the railway put forward the construction concept of "sand control first" at the early stage of construction, and the sandstorm protection project was carried out simultaneously with the railway construction, which is also the first time in the national railway construction. At present, the green corridors along the railway have become natural barriers to wind and sand control. Railway builders have built nearly 5 million square meters of grass squares along the railway and planted nearly 13 million shrubs and trees such as Haloxylon ammodendron, willow and seabuckthorn.

The railway construction personnel are connecting the rail joint splint. Mu Zhipeng Photographed by Yang Guangwang Fa

And Ruo Railway is an important regional road network trunk line in the central and western regions of the national medium-and long-term railway network planning, and it is a convenient transportation channel connecting the northwest and southwest regions in southern Xinjiang. The Kashi-Hotan railway in the west section of the passage was completed and put into operation at the end of 21, and the Ruoqiang-Golmud section in the east section was opened to traffic at the end of 22.

the comprehensive paving of the horuo railway marks the paving of the last link of the railway line around the Tarim basin and surrounding the Taklimakan desert. The railway loop around Tarim Basin, which is composed of Heruo Railway, South Xinjiang Railway and Geku Railway, is another railway loop in Xinjiang after the formation of the northern Xinjiang railway loop last year. After the opening of operation, it will end the history of no trains in Luopu, Qira, Yutian, Minfeng and Qiemo counties, which is of great significance for promoting regional economic development and further promoting rural revitalization