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China opens last section of rail loop around its largest desert
By Xinhua Published: Jun 16, 2022 05:21 PM
Aerial photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows the windbreaks including grass grids, shrubs and trees along the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Aerial photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows the windbreaks including grass grids, shrubs and trees along the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)


 
Aerial photo taken on May 18, 2022 shows the Qarqan River super major bridge along the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Aerial photo taken on May 18, 2022 shows the Qarqan River super major bridge along the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)


 
Aerial photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows a super major bridge along the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Aerial photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows a super major bridge along the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)


 
Passengers aboard the first train of the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway show their train tickets in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 16, 2022.
Passengers aboard the first train of the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway show their train tickets in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 16, 2022.


 
The first train of the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway pulls 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. (China Railway). (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
The first train of the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway pulls 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. (China Railway). (Xinhua/Ding Lei)