Lanxin Railway

Over Wushaoling at 3,000 m, down the Hexi Corridor past Jiayuguan and along the Tianshan to Turpan: the 1962 railway that first joined Xinjiang to the network.

Stations

1. 0 kmLanzhouxi +1
2. 9 kmChenguanying
3. 12 kmFuliqu
4. 14 kmXigu
5. 15 kmXigucheng
6. 25 kmPodixia
7. Show 83 more stations

   1. 32 kmHekounan
   2. 45 kmDalu
   3. 54 kmXintunchuan
   4. 69 kmLongquansi
   5. 83 kmMajiaping
   6. 98 kmYongdeng
   7. 111 kmZhongbao
   8. 125 km富强堡
   9. 131 kmTianzhu
   10. 150 kmDachaigou
   11. 177 kmLonggou
   12. 183 km黑松驿
   13. 185 km柳家台
   14. 202 kmGulang
   15. 224 kmHuangyang
   16. 237 km头坝河
   17. 259 km武威
   18. 266 kmBeihe
   19. 274 km槐安
   20. 283 km截河坝
   21. 310 km青山堡
   22. 332 kmJinchang
   23. 356 kmYushi
   24. 368 km芨岭
   25. 395 kmDaqingyangkou
   26. 412 km马莲井
   27. 439 km山丹
   28. 463 kmDongle
   29. 471 kmXitun
   30. 492 kmZhangye
   31. 511 km平原堡
   32. 530 km临泽
   33. 541 km新华庄
   34. 564 kmGaotai
   35. 577 km梧桐泉
   36. 598 km许三湾
   37. 615 km屯升
   38. 629 kmQingshui
   39. 630 km清水西
   40. 650 kmShangheqing
   41. 671 kmHongshanpu
   42. 692 kmJiuquan
   43. 715 kmJiayuguan
   44. 736 kmHeishanhu
   45. 747 kmYumendong
   46. 773 km腰泉子
   47. 821 kmDiwopu
   48. 843 kmYumen
   49. 853 kmJunken
   50. 867 kmShulehe
   51. 891 kmQiaowan
   52. 912 kmLiugou
   53. 920 km柳沟西
   54. 937 kmAnbei
   55. 962 km石坂墩
   56. 985 kmXiakou
   57. 1,008 kmLiuyuan
   58. 1,044 kmDaquan
   59. 1,067 kmZhaodong
   60. 1,093 kmHongliuhe
   61. 1,157 kmJingxia
   62. 1,175 km思甜
   63. 1,199 kmShankou
   64. 1,222 kmYandun
   65. 1,260 kmHongqicun
   66. 1,315 kmHuoshiquan
   67. 1,332 km头堡 سۇمقاغا
   68. 1,362 kmLiushuquan
   69. 1,388 kmYaziquan
   70. 1,415 kmLiaodun
   71. 1,488 kmHongtai
   72. 1,505 km小草湖
   73. 1,534 km红旗坎
   74. 1,564 kmShanshan
   75. 1,576 km红山口
   76. 1,604 km巴哥
   77. 1,619 km火焰山
   78. 1,651 km七泉湖 چىچان
   79. 1,663 kmMeiyaogou
   80. 1,692 kmXiaputule
   81. 1,701 kmTurpan
   82. 1,732 kmTianshan
   83. 1,761 km达坂城
8. 1,778 kmYanhu
9. 1,810 km三葛庄
10. 1,824 km芨芨槽子
11. 1,834 km乌拉泊
12. 1,843 kmÜrümqi South

The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• Checked against OpenStreetMap: 95.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 11.5 km
• 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

Questions and answers

How long is the Lanxin Railway?

The Lanxin Railway runs 1,892 km from Lanzhou to Ürümqi.

How long does the Lanxin Railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 22 h for the 1,892 km. That is an average of 86 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Lanxin Railway?

China Railway, with K/T-series sleepers.

How old is the Lanxin Railway?

The line has been in service since 1962. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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