Final stretch of railway completed on loop around China’s largest desert
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The last stretch of track has gone into service to complete a 2,712km (1,685 miles) railway that loops around China’s largest desert, the Taklamakan. The latest section covering 825km (613 miles) went into operation in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on June 16, 2022, after three and a half years of construction. It connects Hotan city and Ruoqiang county along the southern edge of the Taklamakan. National railway operator China State Railway Group said the transport link can handle trains running at speeds of up to 120km/h (75mph) and is the first in the world that allows travel in a full circle around a desert. The opening of the Hotan-Ruoqiang segment came as Beijing doubles down its immense project to integrate the western region with the rest of the country, and as a growing number of Western companies try to diversity or decouple from the supply chain in Xinjiang which has been targeted by international sanctions over China’s alleged human rights abuses in the area.
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The scene looks beautiful when the rail on top crossing the high way below. This is the first train in the world to loop around desert. Great job China.
Chinaa has m0re trains than my inddia has t0ilets
@@Superpooper-2020 you're commenting on every video
@@Superpooper-2020 who beat you
@@Superpooper-2020 true lol
@@RajeshYadav-to5zq saar indian saar haaaow arrre uuu
Whatever may be the international relation & interest with China but, one thing is pretty sure Chinese have done great engineering in railways whether it be EMU trains or the fastest rail network. Hat's off to them for this.
indeed
Railways and don't forget their dams..
they have like 5 dams in top 10 in world
Yes, India should go along with china for the bright future of whole world...human beings, animals, birds,fish, mountains, water, desert all just all...do not chose the colonial mind set up of the west...
I love this, imagine living in a country where the government actually cares about public transport for the wellbeing of its people.
LOL bot
@@bannedinfinity5789 why a bot?? I have seen multiple bot and they never speck liike.tha
@@bannedinfinity5789 imagine a bot telling you that you are not real haha
The ccp literally doesn't what 😭😭
@@_ashmason007 your brainwashed
My dad’s fave past time and work is trains he could watch them for hours driving around he used to drive them also many years ago. Now he drives clouds around the world and makes it rain on people. Enjoy from above
Trains are nice to watch roll by 😀 just about as fun as watching airliners and cargo jets land and take off.
When I was a boy..my favorite toy was a train..wish your dad to be happy over there. :)
My grandfather drives intergalactic clouds and dust to cause misery here on Earth.
❤
Chinaa has high speed railway everywhere while 90% of us Inddians still d0nt have access t0 t0ilet and clean drinking waterr
It is smart to lift the railway up from the sand although it certainly costs more. Fortunately China does not waste money on bombing or invading other nations so it is still affordable.
One day, this would be one great attraction for the train enthusiast community. I love train too, but i need to learn about them more before i can be on the same level as the other train enthusiast.
May be they sell ticket sitting on top of the coal 😁 joking.
Great view over the wild wild desert
@@james_l4337 For rail fans，It would probably be a huge thing if there is really some chance to sit on the coals lol
No need to learn to be an enthusiast, I grew up by the railway line and I just admire each locomotive and car that passes by... I have no clue what the engine specs are when I'm riding, I just enjoy the whole train experience and scenery 😍😍
I like trains
I think I'm gonna have to add this to my bucket list. Take a train ride round the whole loop. Elevating those rails not only solve the problem of daily sand encroachment but offers a great panoramic view.
Looks amazing. Cannot imagine the effort behind these rail and roads. Respect!
Respect to china even though they're so much conflicts and issues around still their passion and hard work are undeniably outstanding...👏❤️💯🙏
Yes, my country is not capable of creating this.
@@misterbig9025 Godbless your country🙏🙏🙏
@@zionxchills love Philippines
Lol.. what China have so much conflicts and issues.....??? Only if you read ENGLISH and western medias . China has its own media and there are peaceful and prosperous HAPPY country today -- China is the RICHEST country in the world .
In fact these conflicts are not big as you think or reported in passed years
I want to jump up and down with pure joy when I see what China is doing.
America is not doing bad either, it is called " beautiful country " in Chinese language 美国
@@mengreat6982
The US doesn’t have a giant desert plus 90% of the US uses cars so they really have no need for trains that’s why they aren’t concerned about upgrading or making more. They’re working on a hyper loop though
@@mengreat6982 but it’s just a vocal translation tho. Because the ‘Ame’ sounds like Chinese word for beautiful “mei”.
@@papercat2599the us is called “meiguo”
In Malaysia we called Fuiyoooo
Even though the train is running on red they still built it. All in the name of uniting the country. What an amazing country china is
Thanks! Sometimes I really hate my country. While when I see stuff like this, I feel really proud of my country. My country is really serious keeping the utinity of a whole country; lots of priorities and resources are being shifted to the minorities.
It's a double edge sword, no? Unifying a country also means they are actively suppressing minority groups.
It is very much like how Canada tried to assimilate the Natives using various methods. (cough resident "schools" cough) The means by which ccp tries to assimilate China's minority groups aren't so different.
The other side of the coin is how Europeans celebrate the difference with other Europeans. Germans and Austrians aren't so different but they Now celebrate their differences while still unified under the EU banner.
@@ktefccre 如果这样理解可以使你开心，我也只能说“好吧”祝你开心
@Time 同意您的看法。最重要是我们自己要清醒。我时常对我读中学的女儿讲要“实事求是”；记住“实践是检验真理的唯一标准”---------- 这个我在中学时代讲过的、记过的、我亦有体会的政治知识要点。
Pretty amazing that China was able to do this! 🥳
Respect and love from Arunachal Pradesh to china❤️ that's called development when you can build train even in desert👍🏻
Chinaa is building high speed railway faster than my inddia is building t0ilets
Thanks bro
@@Superpooper-2020 Don't start the conflict
@@Joooo89
He didn't say anything wrong though
No Arunachal Pradesh，it’s south Tibet
China, consistently building world-class infrastructure. Very impressive.
clean black roads and railway contrasting the desert and looks futuristic for some reason
Chinese train engineering is first class
I wouldn't call it first class but they're definitely build it fast hope they double check for safety purpose
@@JimCedrickMOrtiz they are first class built. Stop buying cheap stuff
@@JimCedrickMOrtiz they have the mosg advanced transportstion system japan is like 10 years behind it even tho they started first
@@JimCedrickMOrtiz don't bye western media stuff... There are maintainance checking always, and now with 5G Tech everything every little cracks will be defected on time.. No delay
Indeed first class… I’ve used the HSR whenever I visit China on biz trips… really quiet, fast and sufficiently luxurious. Couldn’t ask for more on the capabilities. Only thing is, they can probably improve on their meals menu…
Xinjiang would one day be a wonderland!
WE WILL MAKE IT AND NOBODY CAN STOP US!
Maybe one day, the surrounding desert that the railway move past, will have living cities and towns. Giving the desert trees and oasis again
Yes, it's on going.
Gotta admire the Chinese for their hard work and intelligence tho
Respect from India 🇮🇳
My inddia is 100 years behind chinaa as an Inddian I can c0rnfirm it
@@Superpooper-2020
Bhag pakistani yaha se
Thanks~ from China🥰
Hi Wuamo 👋
@@gingmo1 🐸
Wow that top drone view of the duct rail above the desert sand looks like some anime or movie,
Some futuristic rail flying over the desert
wow i want to visit there. train ride over desert and beautiful surrounding looks great.
Probably get bored after 30mins looking at seemingly unchanged landscape.
@@allenz4868 "unchanged" Did u watch the video
I want to be on that train for traveling. It's going to be a super amazing experience!
*"Chinese railways - ⏫💪🔥"*
*"Indian railways - 👉🚻 are 💩...😔"*
Well done.
Brilliant idea 🙂
America... 🥺We can't even fix potholes in our streets! 🥺
Actually when it comes to railfreight, the United States has the best system in the world.
But it doesn't have the High Speed Rail that Europe and Asia have though.
@@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle I give China 5 years to get 10 years ahead of your railfreight.
@@schlafcomandante5662 then the private companies with respond with 4 mile long trains probably 😂 they already are pushing average 2.5 to 3.1 mile long trains.
@@schlafcomandante5662 China though does have long coal trains.
@@schlafcomandante5662 the U.S. has the longest 53 feet long double stacked cargo trains...
If i remember correctly, 2 new national roads cutting across the desert and one new national road looping the desert will be open soon as well.
China is a big country and has lot of things to do. We are self-driving. Without U.S. and the west, we can still develop.
Simply remarkable. 😘
Breath taking view railway is love
Wow this amazing & beautiful. I never thought this idea definitely come true reality. Kudos to China 👍
Thanks
You're welcome.
I love this channel
Thanks!
You're welcome.
Beautiful
Magnificent
China 🇨🇳 doing so much development improvement in Xinjiang and Tibet ❤️
India 🇮🇳 doing so much development improvement in Kashmir ❤️
*kashmir is of pakistan*
@@methylfairy6877 lol
@@methylfairy6877 lol 😂
@@methylfairy6877 are you living in a parallel universe
Idk its kinda cringe
The amount of money and work is unimaginable.
I like the view, have animation / game vibes.
The only Country I feel is developing with POSITIVE view of the sketch, research and story.
Rest will ......
It's an important public project. Keeping sands out of track would be a maintenance nightmare.
I really need to go there... confucio style. 🇩🇴🇪🇸
Which country's flag is the first one?
Wow so cool!
These are the best days from China!
Nice! Luvit!
Nice job fellas
Mastering everypart of their environment
Nothing is impossible for China.
Great china
*China should take over Pakistan and India*
Great job 👍 well done China congratulations
Only in China u can see this beautiful scenic
Looks like some dystopian post apocalypse anime setting
How do u stop the sand gets into the rails?
Think about the maintenance. Think about the sand storms. The whole project is like mission impossible. Impressive.
I wouldn’t be surprise that one day China will connect all the railways of the entire world. This will be the real Snowpiercer world, except for the freezing part and the 1001 car long train.
Wow
Well done china , fantastic engineering.
勤劳的人民，靠着血汗打造幸福的未来。
But why close the loop if the last branch is in empty and difficult terrain? Wouldn't be better to just add a lane to the existing line?
There are living quarters all over the ring, and the best way to go from six o'clock to nine is to go straight there instead of going around 270 degrees.
作为中国人，直到项目已经交付并通车，我才知道我们又建了一条铁路，事实上在中国这种事情已经不足以让我们那么兴奋了。
Gosh. Hopefully, someone is not felt threatened about this development.
Bru America passes all these huge trillion dollar infrastructure bills but nothing gets built however China just keeps on building
Trillion dollar has gone to MIC.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
One day this will be part of snowpiercer's track.
Thats's soo nice XD
the desert gonna be cities in the next decades
My deepest *condolences* to the families of the *millions* of Indian🇮🇳 *children* who lost their lives due to *hunger* and *malnutrition. Modi* must be held *accountable* for this *atrocity*
Lol 😂 Are you living under rocks?
You should question about this to Africa!
@@pw2l697 I guess the bot is living inside the computer chip. LOL.
LOL... this bot is repeating the same message everywhere. .
@@bilibasket7951 it’s not the same bot though
He's just a troll ,leave him alone, love for China and India, I hope the conflicts will be stopped
Elevation is key to this design
❤️
China is a marvel in civil engineering ❤️
how to rescue if any problem? ?
Imagine being stranded in the middle of the desert because of the train having issues mid track.
When was the last time you saw a bullet train got stranded?
@@condorX2 where did they say it's made for bullet trains
Read the description, tracks supports top speed of 120kmph
@@RoKuSa007 check posts with technician are there in definite distances.. And everything is connected with 5G tech
It is precisely because of this that the operating speed of this railway is 120km/h, in fact the seamless steel rail technology it uses can run smoothly to 250km/h.
telecom infrastructure and transportation to every part of the world.
just imagine, train breaking down in the middle of the desert....
Seriously China mainland reminds me of basingse 🥺
Keep going my Motherland!
*fatherland**
and commenting on a forbidden platform by china... it's not showing support to your motherland.
@@neoperso2477 nah man as a chinese, we can literally download vpn in mainland just need to pay some money
@@missplainjane3905 free ones are garbage, im currently in hk but i travel to mainland often
@@DK-mx4wn VPN is needed because it is forbidden otherwise, VPN are not needed on planet earth to access youtube u know ;) Even companies VPN monthly subscription in china don't allow full internet access. Come on man stop pretending china allows it. if you have been there during the party's annual meeting you should be aware that all VPNs are shutdown for 1-2 weeks every year.
Also if you are a HK resident with HK network on your phone, you might keep your internet full access while in china (this is part of the "pretending to be an open country" lol)
Hi everyone I'm Yi Long Ma 😁
Great China..
Unbelievable ❤ 🇨🇳 ❤ 🇨🇳 ❤ 🇨🇳
_NotTooLong_ railway. I see
If the chinese can truly conquer the desert then my hats off to them.
China achieves again a marvel
Kudos China 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳👏👏👏
They never ever ask the people whether like it or not. They just build it😅.
I'm curious to why they didn't go for the underground option if sand clogging up the tracks is a huge issue
845KM?sure？
@@likevin3087 they've tunneled through mountains so...
@@pyrophobia133 They don't use slaves anymore
underground price 100000000dollars per KM
CHINA KNOWS WHATS 👌 👍 😍 🥰 FOR E 🏜 🏝 🏜 TRACKS TO B BUILD ON HIGH. ANIMALS N HUMANS CAN COEXIST N LATER ON CAN CULIVATE VEGETABLES N FRUITS 🌳 🌲 🌴 🌳 LIKE DATES..
Ouïghours have better life and better infrastructure than most of Muslim countries.and I'm pretty sure Xinjiang région will become one of the most prosperous in the World.
They will not exist in 20 years apart from a little diaspora scattered around the world if civilized western countries doesnt take action asap. Prc wont stop uighur genocide.
why does this remind me of a boba fett episode about train in the tatooine desert....
If China can build thousands of kilometres of Great Wall,This is nothing,Go go China 👍
thank you for your kind remark.
Who wants to drag race on the roads underneath the bridge? 😏
*Chinese when a new rail tracks opens*
I think I wanna travel, Take all my money 💰
Love how they are so supportive of their governments 😇
825km is not 613 miles
china ✌💕🙏
i see.
Maybe this is tofu project too.
There is a reason why no one puts a train track in a desert. The sand alone can cause the train to have an accident. There is no way this won’t be a constant problem.
@Tranquil Water lol, is that why bridges and buildings in China keep collapsing? Intelligence?
Every now and then a building collapses or a bridge mainly due to weather, but in China it happens all the time.
China has this problem of thinking it can always outsmart Mother Nature, like sand storms don’t get higher than the tracks.
All they want to be is the “first”. Do you think UAE, Saudis and other desert nations haven’t thought about putting trains thru the desert?
The maintenance cost is huge, erosion from the sand is huge, seriously. It’s the dumbest idea I’ve seen in ages.
China always does these projects so they can get investment, then show off. Guarantee this project will die, and become a ghost rail to match Chinas ghost cities.
@@supremacy2040 never heard of bridges collapsing in china tbh
@@shingiaxiom6650 years ago. There were contractors cutting corners. Nowadays these are done by SOE so quality are much better.
@@supremacy2040 You don’t have the sense of scale when it comes to population. There are a lot of people live in the region. BTW, you should follow up on these “ghost towns”. They are all occupied by millions of people. Long term planning is not a concept you understand.
@@allenz4868 no they are not. That’s a lie. It’s true that some have been filled, but it’s a lie to say they all have. Come on man, if your gonna run interference at least get it right. Inner Mongolia still has them, the pandemic has created more as well.
Whenever ANYONE questions Chinas motives it’s always WE who have no idea. China only cares about money. All these infrastructure projects create gov incentives, what it doesn’t do is create permanent growth.
Becaue so many of those homes in the ghost cities were bought as 2nd /3 rd homes. Evergrande didn’t go under because China was doing the right thing. Just like the US. So yes we prob understand better than you.
Not Choosing wrong side allies 🇷🇺🇨🇳💗🍷🍾😊
The future china on top in the world .
BRAVO 👍 CHINA 🇨🇳 AFGHANISTAN COOPERATION 🎉
What about sandstorm?
Instagramable
Did you notice the elevated tracks?
@@robocop581 How does it help?
@@kentbrenden6630 The sand won't cover the tracks and there will be robots patrolling the railway for cleaning and monitoring
China builds a train to cross the desert (the equivalent of a T1 internet connection) and meanwhile, America has one "high-speed" train (the equivalent of dial-up internet service lol) which hasn't been upgraded since it was built, well over 70 years ago! maybe China should lend a helping hand to America with its crumbling infrastructure from NY to LA
But why?