Dunhuang railway starts operation

An engine driver of the China Railway Qinghai-Tibet Group Co., Ltd. is ready to pull out at the opening ceremony for the Dunhuang-Golmud railway in Golmud City, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 18, 2019. A new railway linking Dunhuang city, northwest China's Gansu Province, and Golmud city, northwest China's Qinghai Province, fully opened on Wednesday, according to China Railway. The 671-km route is an important connecting line between the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway. It allows trains to run at 120 km per hour, said the company. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)