China opens last section of rail loop around its largest desert

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China opens last section of rail loop around its largest desert

STORY: China opens last section of rail loop around its largest desert DATELINE: June 16, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:21 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xinjiang STORYLINE: A railroad in northwest China's Xinjiang began operation on Thursday, completing a 2,712-km railway line looping around the country's largest desert, the Taklimakan. The opening of the 825-km Hotan-Ruoqiang rail line will enable trains to skirt a full circle around a desert for the first time in the world. The railroad stretches eastward from Hotan City to Ruoqiang County along the southern edge of the Taklimakan, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert, with 65 percent of its length inside the desert. Its construction started in December 2018. Five viaducts with a total length of 49.7 km lift the railroad to protect it against sandstorms. The opening of this line has brought an end to the unavailability of train service in five counties and certain towns in southern Xinjiang and will shorten

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