Scenic route
Hotan–Ruoqiang Railway
Hotan → Ruoqiang · China
Hotan–Ruoqiang Railway in pictures
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- Distance
- 825 km
- Fastest time
- 11 h 26 min
- Average speed
- 72 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- China Railway
- Train
- 25G coaches (diesel-hauled)
- Countries
- China
- In service since
- 2022
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The 2022 desert line that closed the world’s first rail loop around a sand sea — 825 km along the Taklamakan’s southern rim on viaducts built to let the dunes blow through.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 11325371 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: China Railway 12306 — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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