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Electric railway connects Xinjiang and Kazakhstan

By Zhao Chunzhe (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-12-18 16:14
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The first electric train in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region left Jinghe county in northwest Xinjiang at 11:00 in the morning on Friday, bound for the town of Horgos, on the Chinese border with Kazakhstan, according to a report from cnr.cn.

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The 286 kilometer long journey runs along a track that cost six billion yuan ($878million) to build, and has 21 stations.

The electric railway will play an important role in transportation to Kazakhstan, the cnr.cn report said, and Kazakhstan has also announced a plan to build railways to link up with the Xinjiang railway.
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