New Xinjiang railway security tight

Tough security measures will be adopted to prevent possible terrorist attacks on the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region's first high-speed railway, which will go into service in Northwest China in 10 days, a local railway official said on Wednesday.

Connecting Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, and Hami, the 530-kilometer-long section of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang high-speed railway will begin service on Nov 16. It will be the first high-speed service in China's far west.

"Security along the tracks and at the four stations is among our top concerns after the high-speed railway is put into service, because they may be potential targets of terrorists," said Pan Xinxian, chief engineer of the Urumqi Railway Bureau, which manages the region's rail links.