The Chinese leg of the Eurasian high-speed train corridor has been completed: The 400-kilometer high-speed rail road on the route connecting the city of Shian, which is the starting point of the historical Silk Road, to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, has also become operational.
It has been reported that the national high-speed train network and the Chinese leg in the Eurasia corridor have been completed with the activation of the 400-kilometer railway linking Baoci and Lancou cities in the northwest of China.
According to the news of the Shinhua agency, the high-speed train network connecting the provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sha'anşi and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the northwest of the country has been completed.
It was stated that with the completion of the 400-kilometer high-speed rail road connecting Baoci city and Lancou, high-speed train travel from the city of Shian, where the historical Silk Road started, to Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is now possible.
It has been noted that the 250-hour distance between Lancou, the capital of Gansu state, and Shian, the capital of Sha'anşi province, will decrease to 6 hours with high speed trains that travel at a speed of 3 kilometers per hour.
With the Lancou-Urumqi railway line, uninterrupted high-speed train transportation from the north to the south and east to west of China will now be possible.
China, will revive the historic Silk Road "Belt and Road" initiative within the scope of the capital, from Beijing to the Middle East and Turkey is aiming to spend up to London and from there to the life of the railway trade.
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