Live: World's first railway loop line circling a desert completed

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Construction of the world's first desert-railway loop line is complete. The 825-kilometer-long Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway surrounds the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, linking the city of Hotan with Ruoqiang County in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang.

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19:41, 26-Sep-2021

Live: World's first railway loop line circling a desert completed

Updated 09:30, 27-Sep-2021

Construction of the world's first desert-railway loop line is complete. The 825-kilometer-long Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway surrounds the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, linking the city of Hotan with Ruoqiang County in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang.