1st Railway Corps () of the
People's Liberation Army
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was a
military formation mainly focusing on railway construction missions. It was activated on September 1, 1956. The corps commander was
He Huiyan.
The corps was composed of
2nd
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and
11th Railway Divisions.
From 1956 to early 1957, the corps was in charge of the construction of
Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway.
In early 1957 the corps diverted to
Ningxia and
Inner Mongolia to build the
Baotou-Lanzhou railway. During the construction, 11th Railway Division was detached from the corps, while
9th Railway Division and Independent Bridge Construction Regiment attached. In July 1958 the construction was finished.
The corps was inactivated before November 1958.
[中国人民解放军历史资料丛书编审委员会: 中国人民解放军历史资料丛书 铁道兵 综述 大事记 表册, , p.459]
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