CHINA-XINJIANG-DESERT RAIL LOOP-HOTAN-RUOQIANG RAILWAY-INAUGURATION (CN)
(220616) -- HOTAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The first Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway passenger train (L) and cargo train are ready to pull out of Hotan Railway Station in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 16, 2022.
The last section of a 2,712-km rail loop line around China's largest desert, the Taklimakan, in the country's northwesternmost Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was put into operation on Thursday.
The opening of the Hotan-Ruoqiang rail line will enable trains to skirt a full circle around a desert for the first time in the world, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
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- 2022/6/16 00:00:00
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