Dunhuang railway

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The Dunhuang railway (simplified Chinese: 敦煌铁路; traditional Chinese: 敦煌鐵路; pinyin: Dūnhuáng Tiělù) is a branch of the Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway in Gansu Province, China. It runs 169 kilometres (105 mi) from in Guazhou County, on the main line, to the terminus at Dunhuang railway station. Construction, at a cost of 640 million yuan, started on 7 September 2004. The first service to Dunhuang ran on 3 March 2006.[1][2]

Station list[]

Station Chinese Distance (km) Location Coordinates
柳沟站 0 Guazhou County Gansu 40°40′44″N 96°26′16″E / 40.678989°N 96.437837°E / 40.678989; 96.437837
小宛站 Guazhou County Gansu
瓜州站 Guazhou County Gansu 40°34′04″N 95°46′25″E / 40.567809°N 95.773537°E / 40.567809; 95.773537
甜水井站 Dunhuang Gansu
Dunhuang 敦煌站 169 Dunhuang Gansu 40°10′07″N 94°47′00″E / 40.168736°N 94.783336°E / 40.168736; 94.783336

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  1. ^ 敦煌鉄道が全線開通、全長１６９キロ　甘粛省で唯一の観光専用 [Opening of the Dunhuang Railway] (in Japanese). Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Japan. 4 March 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. ^ 敦煌铁路正式全线开通 结束敦煌没有铁路的历史 [Official opening of the Dunhuang Railway] (in Chinese). Government of China. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
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