The Dunhuang Railway north of Shuangta railway station in 2023
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 Liugou railway station 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]
^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, length is 169 kilometers. It is the only sightseeing-only railway in Gansu Province] (in Japanese). Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Japan. 4 March 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
^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.
Dunhuang (listen) is a county-level city in northwestern Gansu Province, Western China. According to the 2010 Chinese census, the city has a population...
coordinates) The Dunhuangrailway (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...
Dunhuangrailway station (Chinese: 敦煌站; pinyin: Dūnhuáng zhàn) is 4.5 kilometers from the downtown area of Dunhuang, between the existing national highway...
watts per cubic metre. The mainline Lanxin Railway and branch line DunhuangRailway intersect at Liugou Railway Station in the county. Xiaowan and Guazhou...
longest railway tunnels of the world, excluding subway tunnel sections. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tunnel. List of long railway tunnels in...
extension, known as the Golmud–DunhuangRailway, will connect Dunhuang to Golmud, Qinghai on the Qinghai–Tibet railway. There is also the Jiayuguan–Ceke...
designers of the Golmud–DunhuangRailway, which will cross the eastern edge of this desert in the Shashangou area, between Dunhuang and the Altyn-Tagh-Qilian...
with the rest of China through Qinghai. Construction on the Golmud–DunhuangRailway, in the province's northwestern part, started in 2012. Six National...
2012 construction started on the Golmud–DunhuangRailway. It will actually branch off the Qinghai–Tibet Railway at the Yinmaxia station north of Golmud...
the future Golmud–DunhuangRailway will join the Qinghai–Tibet Railway. Qinghai–Tibet Railway List of stations on Qinghai–Tibet railway Yinmaxia train schedule...
passes through the county, as does Gansu Provincial Highway 314. Golmud–DunhuangRailway also passes through the county.[citation needed] "酒泉市第七次全国人口普查公报" (in...
rail lines are under construction. The construction of the Golmud–DunhuangRailway started in October 2012; it is expected to be completed within 5 years...
The Chinese railway tunnels are divided into four classes by length: Super-long tunnels (over 10,000 metres) Long tunnels (between 3,000 and 10,000 metres)...
designed to visualize the 'rushing Yellow River' with a ceiling inspired by Dunhuang style caisson. "【短视频】秦王川站发出首列银兰高铁动车-兰州新区正式迈入"高铁时代"-丝路明珠网". www.gstv.com...
this corridor, building the strategic Yumenguan (Jade Gate Pass, near Dunhuang) and Yangguan fort towns along it. Remains of the wall and the towns can...
Central Asia and acquirement of many important Chinese texts such as the Dunhuang manuscripts. Paul Pelliot was born on 28 May 1878 in Paris, France, and...
Buddhist entitites of Dunhuang and Khotan had a tight-knit partnership, with intermarriage between Dunhuang and Khotan's rulers and Dunhuang's Mogao grottos and...
Khotan (Hetian) to the south, Kuqa and Turpan in the north, and Loulan and Dunhuang in the east. Now, many, such as Miran and Gaochang, are ruined cities in...
Hai, Chuan Lan, and Lin Hai. It is located to the south-west of Shazhou (Dunhuang). Shiji Original text: 而樓蘭、姑師邑有城郭，臨鹽澤。Translation: The cities of Loulan...
July 27, 2015. 敦煌至格尔木和兰州至中川机场铁路开工建设 [Work started on the Dunhuang-Golmud Railway and on the railway from Lanzhou to Zhongchuan Airport]. houchepiao.com. December...
Kan Shougui, who was the nephew of Kan Bozhou. and appointed a Han from Dunhuang, named Zhang Mengming (張孟明), as his own vassal King of Gaochang. Gaochang...
created in the style of Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. Over 20 kilometers away from the Jingtai County, the Great Dunhuang Film-making Base is on the road that...
rulers of Dunhuang. Khotan enjoyed close relations with the Buddhist centre at Dunhuang: the Khotanese royal family intermarried with Dunhuang élites, visited...
including the 37 km (23 mi) Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway (Beijing section), to Beijing West railway station. The airport's master plan was prepared by...
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