On November 11, 2021, at the construction site of the Aksu-Alar railway project in Xinjiang, with the last set of rails falling steadily, the entire line of the A-A railway line was laid through smoothly.

Azerbaijani Railway

The project is located in the Aksu area of Xinjiang and the first division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. The railway leads from the southern end of the west side of Satma Station on Xinjiang South Xinjiang Railway and passes through Awati County to Alar City. The line is 114.6 kilometers long. It is a national railway class II passenger and freight railroad with a design speed of 120 kilometers per hour. , Reserve electrification conditions. There are four railway stations in Satma, Awati, Tapen and Alar along the whole line. The track laying will be officially started in September 2021, and it is expected to open and operate in 2022.

According to Liu Chaodong, director of the Engineering Management Department of the Korla Railway Construction Headquarters of China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd., the inverted plan was adopted to fix the construction nodes, and on the basis of ensuring safety, the track laying progress of up to 5 kilometers per day was achieved. The Azerbaijani Railway is designed for the seamless line of the whole line. After the whole line is laid, the project will also carry out rail welding operations, which will lay a solid foundation for the scheduled opening and operation in 2022.

Wang Haiyan, manager of the A-A railway project department of China Railway First Bureau Group, said that the A-A railway project has been formally laid on September 26, 2021, with 89 various machinery and equipment and more than 800 construction personnel. In the face of severe tests such as the recent cold wave cooling and large cross-interference on the construction site, various resources were reasonably allocated, carefully organized, strict construction, standardized management mode was adopted, and each process was refined to ensure that the construction goals were fulfilled on schedule.

In the future, the completion and opening of the Azerbaijani Railway will make up for the historical gap that Awati County and Alar City are not accessible by train. At the same time, it will open up a new railway channel for the transportation of agricultural products along the line, and promote the great economic and social development along the line. Editor/He Yuting