Golmud–Korla railway

Geku railway (Chinese: 格库铁路) is a railway connecting Golmud and Korla, in western China. Construction started in November 2014 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.[1] The length of the line is 1,214 kilometers, joining Qinghai province and Xinjiang province. The investment is estimated to be CN¥36 billion (~US$6 billion). The line will connect the existing Qinghai–Tibet railway and the Southern Xinjiang railway. It will be the third railway connecting Xinjiang province with another Chinese province and the third line to Golmud after the Qinghai–Tibet railway and the Golmud–Dunhuang railway which is also under construction.

With a design speed of 120 kilometers per hour, the Qinghai section of the rail route launched on June 30, 2020 stretching 505.6 kilometers and 15 stations, with one pair of passenger trains and two pairs of freight trains per day at launch.[2]

The railway will cross the Qaidam Basin, the Altyn-Tagh mountain range, and the Taklamakan Desert. As the third rail artery linking Xinjiang with neighboring provinces, the line will cut travel time between the two places from 26 hours to 12 hours.[3]

The railway will generally follow the route of Qinghai Provincial Highway 303 (from Golmud to Mangya Lake 茫崖湖), China National Highway 315 (from Mangya Lake to Ruoqiang) and China National Highway 315 (from Ruoqiang to Korla).

South Xinjiang loop

As of May 2017, preliminary research is conducted for the future Hotan–Ruoqiang railway along the southern rim of the Tarim Basin.[4] This future railway line, if constructed, together with the existing Kashgar–Hotan Railway, the Korla–Kashgar section of the Southern Xinjiang railway, and the Ruoqiang–Korla section of the Golmud–Korla railway, will form a loop around the western part of the Tarim Basin.

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See also

Golmud–Dunhuang railway
Qinghai–Tibet railway

References
  1. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202006/30/WS5efb04a9a310834817256359.html
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  4. 和田至若羌铁路将开工建设 (Construction of the Hotan–Ruopqiang railway will begin), 2017-05-10


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