今日阅读62:China starts building new Xinjiang railway
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China starts building new Xinjiang railway
URUMQI - China has begun building a railway linking the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region with other parts of the country.
Work began on the 1,214-km line between Korla 库尔勒 in southern Xinjiang and Golmud 格尔木 in neighboring Qinghai province on Sunday, according to Urumqi Railway Administration.
At a cost of 37 billion yuan ($ 6 bln), construction is scheduled to take five years. The railway is the latest improvement to the rail connectivity of Xinjiang, a key area in the Silk Road economic belt.
For years, the Lanxin railway was the only link between Xinjiang and other parts of China, before a high-speed rail line began operations on Sunday.
In June, construction began on a railway linking Ejina额齐纳 in Inner Mongolia autonomous region and Hami in Xinjiang.
High-speed railway in Xinjiang to start operation
BEIJING - A high-speed rail line connecting Urumqi, capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region, and the region's Hami prefecture will begin operation on Nov 16, China Railway Corporation (CRC) announced on Wednesday.
Bullet trains子弹头列车; 高速火车 will run at a speed of about 200 kilometers per hour at the early stage of the operation. Travel time between Urumqi and Hami will be reduced from the current five hours to around three hours.
China started to build the 530-kilometer rail link in January 2010. It is part of the 1,776-kilometer Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed railway that stretches across 横跨 Northwest China's Gansu province, Qinghai province and Xinjiang.
The rest of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway will be in operation by the end of 2014.
"The high-speed railway will further improve travel conditions for all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. It will also facilitate促进 the economic and social development in the autonomous region," CRC said in a statement.
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牧童晚归
It will be convenient for many people.