High speed

Urumqi – Lanzhou PDL completed as five lines open

By 2014-12-29T18:15:00

A CRH2 high speed train calls at Sanshui Nan on the newly-opened Guiyang – Guangzhou PDL. Photo: Andrew Benton

CHINA: The 1 223 km eastern section of the Urumqi – Lanzhou Passenger-Dedicated Line between Hami and Lanzhou was opened for passenger service on December 26, little more than a month after the 553 km western section between Urumqi and Hami was opened on November 17.

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