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main cities of gansu: dunhuang, jiayuguan, lanzhou, wuwei, xiahe, zhangye, tianshui, yumen, jinchang

lanzhou, the capital city of gansu province, is the geographical center of china, where the lanzhou-urumqi, baotou-lanzhou, longhai (lianyungang-lanzhou), and lanzhou-xining trunk railways meet. the baoji-lanzhou and lanzhou-wuwei sections of the longhai railway have become electric. the baoji-zhongwei railway, a new line, is now open to traffic. a dual route of the lanzhou-urumqi railway was completed in may 1995. and the construction of a local railroad in pingqing is now in full swing. by the end of 1997, the length of gansu’s railroads in operation had totaled 1,982 kilometers, the volume of rail freight had become 42 billion tons, and the passenger volume had reached 5 billion people/km. the opening to traffic of the eurasian bridge has turned the vast hinterland of china, including gansu province, into an international thoroughfare.

for budget travelers, train is by far the best option for visiting almost all of the main sights in gansu. the liangyuguang-urumqi train line, the backbone of china's east-west rail links, traverses the entire province and links all but one of the provinces highlights: xiahe. raillinks to the northwest from lanzhou, will take you through zhangye, jiayuguan and liuyuan (near dunhuang), and then onwards into xinjiang. those coming into gansu from shaanxi to the east, will also pass through tianshui on their way towards lanzhou.

 

 

 

 

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last updated: march 10, 2006

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