China News Agency, Xinjiang Hotan, June 16 (Ahejiayike Zhang Shuhua) On the morning of the 16th, the Xinjiang Hotan City-Ruoqiang County Railway (hereinafter referred to as the Heruo Railway) opened for operation.
So far, the world's first desert railway loop, the Taklimakan desert railway loop in southern Xinjiang, was officially formed.
Heruo Railway starts from Hotan City in the west and reaches Ruoqiang County in the east, with a total length of 825 kilometers. The 2,712-kilometer-long Taklimakan Desert Railway Loop Line.
This is the world's first desert railway loop, and the Heruo Railway is its "last link".
Ablizi Aihemaiti, the inheritor of the silk weaving and dyeing skills of Aidelais in Luopu County, boarded the first train of the Heruo Railway.
He learned weaving and dyeing skills from his father since he was a child, and later established a company mainly engaged in the production of Adelais silk dyeing and weaving fabrics.
"In the past, we drove out by ourselves to discuss cooperation. Now that the railway is connected, the efficiency of our product transportation has been improved, and the benefits will be greater. There will also be more companies that want to cooperate with us, providing us with continuous development opportunities." He said. , Now that the railway is open, the way to get rich is wider.
According to reports, after the opening of the Heruo Railway, the railway department will arrange for the operation of 2 passenger trains and 8 freight trains. etc. can be transported to other provinces and regions in China by rail.
On the train, Jiang Dejun, chairman of an agricultural machinery company in Qiemo County, said: "In the past, the cost of transporting our products by car was relatively high, but now the railway is connected to Heruo, which can reduce freight costs and save costs for us, stabilize the development of the industry, and at the same time the arrival of the products. The time in the hands of the customer is also shortened, the customer is satisfied, and we benefit.”
The Ring Line of the Taklimakan Desert Railway connects five prefectures including Bayingoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Aksu Region, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, Kashi Region and Hotan Region.
"The completion and opening of the Heruo Railway has ended the history that Luopu, Cele, Yutian, Minfeng, Qiemo and other counties have no access to trains. Local people do not need to detour through Turpan or Urumqi when entering and leaving Xinjiang, and the distance is shortened by more than 1,000 kilometers, which is very convenient. It helps people of all ethnic groups along the route to travel and transport goods," said Zou Rong, Secretary of the Party Group of the Hotan Development and Reform Commission.
The Heruo Railway is located at the southern edge of the Taklimakan Desert, the second largest mobile desert in the world. There are 534 kilometers in the sandstorm area, accounting for 65% of the total length of the line. It is a typical desert railway.
This railway is the first railway in China to use automatic and intelligent control of drip irrigation pipe network system in desert railway projects. The square is nearly 50 million square meters, and nearly 13 million shrubs and trees such as Haloxylon ammonium, red willow, and sea buckthorn are planted, building a green ecological barrier in the desert Gobi.
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