(WANG JIANG)

Workers check railway tracks along the second line of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway, which will come into operation at the end of 2014.

Inspection on the electrical works and auxiliary projects of the line recently commenced. The 1,776-km railway will cut travel time between Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province and Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, from more than 20 hours to eight hours.