Recently, the Kuerle Railway Construction Command of China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd. issued a tender notice for the construction of the DK269+668-DK300+000 section of the Yining Aksu Railway, marking the entry of the project into the substantive construction stage.

The entire Yia Railway is located within the territory of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with a total length of 794 kilometers. The newly-built section from Buleikai to Kutaike is 455 kilometers long, and 297 kilometers of existing lines will be utilized and renovated. There are a total of 31 stations along the entire line, with 20 initially open. It is an important railway passage connecting Yining and Aksu.

The scope of this bidding is the section from the entrance of Bayinbuluke Tunnel to Bayinbuluke Station, with a mileage of DK269+668 to DK300+000 and a line length of 23.97 kilometers. The key projects include the 14.482 kilometer Bayinbrook Tunnel (accounting for 60.4%) and related supporting works for three stations. The main construction content includes roadbed, bridges and culverts, tunnels, ballastless tracks, stations and other operational production facilities.

The project is divided into a section (SX) with a planned construction period of 1850 calendar days. It is tentatively scheduled to commence on September 30, 2025 and be completed on October 24, 2030.

After the completion of the Yia Railway, it will significantly enhance the coverage of the railway network in Xinjiang, improve the transportation conditions along the line, and have important significance for promoting regional economic development and ethnic unity. (This article is from the official website www.seetao.com of Jian Dao. Reproduction without permission is prohibited, otherwise it will be prosecuted. Please indicate Jian Dao website+original link when reprinting.) Jian Dao website infrastructure engineering column editor/Yang Beihua