The city of Aral is located at China's border crossings and has abundant border trade resources, but it has never been connected to railways. Recently, the "Announcement on the Tender Contract for the Construction Price of the New Aksu-Aral Railway Project" was officially released, marking that the project will formally start construction. According to the bidding schedule, the project is scheduled to start construction in May 2020 and be completed and opened to traffic at the end of June 2021.

The Aksu-Aral railway line leads from the southern end of the west side of the Satma station on the South Xinjiang Railway and passes through Awati County to Alar City. The total length of the line is 114.6 kilometers, of which 16.346km is in Aksu City and 48.374 is in Awati County. km, 49.915km in Aral City, the Satema station reserves the conditions for dredging. Recently, there are 4 stations including Satma, Awati, Tamen and Alar. Among them, Satma station is the rail connection station, Awati and Alar station are the middle stations, and Takmen station is the letting station. The Satma station has been added to one line, and the conditions for the introduction of the second line of the South Xinjiang Railway and the unwinding of the main line are reserved. The main technical standard is National Railways Class II single-line internal combustion traction, and the design speed of passenger trains is 120 km / h.

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A total of 7519.99m / 49 large bridges and large and medium bridges are set up on the whole line, accounting for about 6.59% of the total length of the line. There are 6 stations on the whole line, Awati and Alar stations are the middle stations, the tower gate is the station, and the remaining 3 stations are reserved stations. The Satma station has been added to one line, and the conditions for the introduction of the second line of the South Xinjiang Railway and the unwinding of the main line are reserved.

The technical standard is National Railway II, with a design speed of 120 kilometers per hour. The implementation of the project will end the history of the railways that are not available in Avati and Aral cities, play an important role in the transportation of products along the cities, counties and industrial parks, and have important significance for promoting regional economic development and improving the transportation environment.

The opening of the railway will further promote the development of Aral ’s border trade and improve the local transportation environment. Aksu ’s tourism and agricultural and sideline products will also expand sales. And the end of the history of Awati County and Alar City without railways, it plays an important role in the transportation of products along the counties (cities) and industrial parks, and is crucial for the development of the Corps to the south and the trade and logistics for the central and western regions. The important role is to drive the construction of the Belt and Road Economic Belt and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Editor / Zhao Jing