Test run held for China's 1st high-speed rail on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau  

中國首條高原高鐵跨越甘青兩省試跑檢測

11月3日深夜，由青海省東部民和縣駛出的“和諧號”動車駛入甘肅省會蘭州西客站，在短暫停留約20分鐘后返回始發站，這意味著中國首條高原高鐵蘭新客專開始進入跨越甘肅、青海兩省試跑檢測階段。[查看全文]

Lanzhou (CNS) – China's first high-speed railway running through the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has made a successful test run between Gansu and Qinghai provinces.

The high-speed train made a round trip between Minhe county of Qinghai province and Lanzhou of Gansu province on Monday evening. It was the first time for the train to be tested in Lanzhou, the east end of the rail line.

The 1,776-km Lanzhou-Urumqi high-speed railway, linking Gansu province, Qinghai province, and the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region, is expected to open by the year end.

Trains on the line are designed to run 250 kilometers per hour, making the journey from Gansu's capital Lanzhou to Qinghai's Xinning in 1.5 hours, and to Xinjiang's Urumqi in 9 hours, half the time of ordinary trains.

The high-speed rail will detach passenger transport from the existing Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway, allowing it to become a dedicated rail freight line.