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A railway around the 'Sea of Death' in China, How to build a railway on soft and shifting sand dunes

Railway police officer cries when his train passes by his home village in Xinjiang Taklamakan Desert. In June 2022, a new railway line was put in operation, It's a desert loopline circling The Taklamakan Desert, total length 2,712 km (1,685 mi) . This is the first time this officer's desert home village being connected with modern railway, he couldn't help but cried when he saw the train passed by this home village. He said finally his fellow villagers can travel in and out of the village by trains.

 
The Hotan–Ruoqiang railway is not a high speed rail, no bullet trains can survive those daily strong sandstorms, this 2,712 km circluar loopline desert railway is for poor, sparsely populated Xinjiang local desert people.

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The railway link up oasis. These oasis thrive by utilizing 100% of Tarim river of irrigation, otherwise the water will flow and form the Lop Nur lake.

The Northern slop of Tibetan plateau is the source of the water.

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The Hotan–Ruoqiang railway running paralell with G315 highway, two miracles side by side

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How China supplies the desert city Hotan with clean, abundant, more than enough water, Hotan desert reservoirs

 
Reservoirs and various water storing projects provide desert city Hotan with more than enough clean water to drink and have water fun

Outside is having a regular sandstorm, sand gets into everyone's eye, mouth and nose, where to hide? let's go to Hotan water world.

Hotan water world

Hotan village desert water park
 

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