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Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed railway

Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed railway
Lanzhou
Lanzhou West
Gaojiashan tunnel
Fuchuan tunnel
Chenjiawan West
border
Minhe South
Haidong
Haidong West
Xining
Datong West
Dabanshan tunnel
Menyuan
Haomen
border
Qilianshan No. 1 tunnel
Liuhuanggou bridge
Qilianshan No. 2 tunnel
Shandanmachang
Minle
Zhangye West
Linze South
Gaotai South
Qingshui North
Jiuquan South
Jiayuguan South
Jiayuguan tunnel
Qingquan South
Yumen
Liugou South
Shibandun South
Liuyuan South
Hongliuhe South
Hongliuhe
border
Yandun East
Tudun No. 2 interchange
Hami interchange
Hami
Liushuquan South
Shisanjianfang Bridge
Hongceng South
Tuha
Shanshan North
Turpan North
Daheyan
Southern Xinjiang railway
Dabancheng tunnel
Dabancheng Wetland
Yanhu West
Ürümqi South
Ürümqi

The Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed railway, also known as Lanzhou–Xinjiang Passenger Railway or Lanxin Second Railway (simplified Chinese: 兰新铁路第二双线; traditional Chinese: 蘭新鐵路第二雙線; pinyin: Lánxīn tiělù dìèr shuāngxiàn), is a high-speed railroad in NorthwesternChina from Lanzhou in Gansu Province to Ürümqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It forms part of what China designates the Eurasia Continental Bridge corridor, a domestic high-speed railway corridor running from the city of Lianyungang in Jiangsu to the Kazakh border. The line is also shared with conventional trains.

Due to damage caused by geologically unstable terrain, traffic on parts of the line was suspended several times.