Build a railway around the desert.，It is also the second largest mobile desert in the world.——Taklimakan Desert，It sounds like.“Fantastic”Here we go。But our country“Infrastructure maniac”The title is worthy of the name.，Not only dare to build，And built it.。This，It is the Heruo Railway, which has been planned and constructed for 12 years.，It opened to traffic on June 16 this year.，Become the world's first desert circular railway。

The Horo Railway is located in the second largest mobile desert in the world.——The southern edge of the Taklimakan Desert，From Hotan all the way east across the sand sea.，It extends to Ruoqiang County，It is 825 kilometers long。And Ruo Railway and the existing Geku Railway、Southern Xinjiang Railway，Together, they form a 2712-kilometer circular railway.，“Embrace”Taklimakan Desert。This has shortened the distance between southern Xinjiang and China's inland transportation by more than 1000 kilometers compared with the existing railway corridor.。

Heruo Railway is a road of green environmental protection。And three quarters of the section of the railway passes through the flowing desert.，It's one“Sand content”Over-height railway。Before work starts，The railroad designer proposed.“Build a railway in the desert，Sand control should go ahead”The concept of construction，The sand control mode of combining engineering sand control with plant sand control is innovatively adopted.，It was the first time that the sandstorm protection project was carried out simultaneously with the railway construction.。Nearly 50 million square meters of grass squares have been laid along the Heruo Railway.，Nearly 13 million Haloxylon ammodendron trees were planted.、Red Willow、Seabuckthorn and other green plants，An intelligent agricultural irrigation system is also applied.，A total of 131 wells were drilled，Coverage up to 11.350000 mu，It weaves a green ecological barrier in the desert Gobi.。

Heruo Railway is a road of economic development.。The completion and opening of the Heruo Railway ended the history of many places without trains.，Greatly improve the transportation conditions in southern Xinjiang。Xinjiang has a vast area，Rich in tourism resources、It is rich in folk customs。In terms of tourism，If the railway links up the beautiful scenery along the line.，Open for the vast number of passengers“A trip on the go”It provides convenience，Further release the development potential along the line。In terms of resources，Local walnuts、Coal and other goods are transported more quickly and efficiently to many cities at home and abroad.，Fertilizers in Yunnan and Guizhou、Ceramic tile building materials in Guangdong、Rice and other people's production and living materials in Northeast China are continuously transported in.。He Ruo Railway is of positive significance for rural revitalization.，Has become a veritable“Enrichment line”。

Heruo Railway is a convenient road for the people.。The railway completed Xinjiang.“Four vertical and four horizontal”The Last Important Piece of the Railway Skeleton，It greatly facilitates the travel and cargo transportation of the people of all ethnic groups along the line.，Set up a road to happiness for the people of southern Xinjiang to travel better“Fast lane”。With the He Ruo Railway，People in Southern Xinjiang Will No Longer Make a Bypass to Turpan，It can go directly to the mainland through Ruoqiang and Qinghai.，The journey out of Xinjiang will be shortened by more than 1000 kilometers.，It is convenient for local people to travel.，It greatly saves time and cost.。Around the market demand of rail freight along the line，Railway departments also provide production and processing enterprises along the line.“One enterprise, one case”Precise service，Fully meet the transportation needs of enterprises along the line。People's travel along the line、Employment、Trade and other needs have been greatly met.，Greatly enhance the happiness of the people。

“A transportation power，Railways go first”，People's demand is the driving force of railway construction.，No matter how many difficulties and obstacles we encounter.，China Railway Association meets every mountain.，Bridge in water。Future，We expect Chinese railways to bring more sense of gain and happiness to the people.。（Su Ziduo）