# Northern Xinjiang railway

The Northern Xinjiang railway or Beijiang railway (Chinese: 北疆铁路) is a railway in Xinjiang, China, between Ürümqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang, and Alashankou on the border with Kazakhstan. The railway is 460 km (290 mi) in length and runs along the northern slope of the Tian Shan mountain range, connecting all major cities and towns of the southern Junggar Basin, including Changji, Hutubi, Manas, Shihezi, Kuytun, Wusu, Bortala (Bole), Jinghe and Alashankou. The line extends the Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway west from Ürümqi to the Turkestan–Siberia railway on the Kazakh border and forms a section of the Trans-Eurasian Railway from Rotterdam to Lianyungang. The line opened in 1992. It was partially funded by a government loan from the Soviet Union.
A new double-track line between Ürümqi and Jinghe was built in 2009 to supplement the Northern Xinjiang railway. It is sometimes referred to as the Second Ürümqi–Jinghe railway.
The Northern Xinjiang, Kuytun–Beitun, Altay–Fuyun–Zhundong, and Ürümqi–Dzungaria railways form a loop.

## Branches

The Kuytun–Beitun branch and the Jinghe–Yining–Khorgas branch were opened in 2009.

## List of stations

| Station | Chinese | Location | Location |
| Ürümqi South $_{Lanzhou-XinjiangHSR}$ $_{Lanzhou–XinjiangRailway}$ | 乌鲁木齐南 | Saybag | Ürümqi |
| Ürümqi $_{Lanzhou-XinjiangHSR}$ $_{Lanzhou–XinjiangRailway}$ | 乌鲁木齐 | Xinshi | Ürümqi |
| Wuxi $_{Ürümqi–DzungariaRailway}$ | 乌西 | Toutunhe | Ürümqi |
| Sanping | 三坪 | Ürümqi County | Ürümqi |
| Changji | 昌吉 | Changji | Changji Prefecture |
| Junhu | 军户 | Changji | Changji Prefecture |
| Xiaotugule | 小土古里 | Changji | Changji Prefecture |
| Hutubi | 呼图壁 | Hutubi County | Changji Prefecture |
| Wugongtai | 五工台 | Hutubi County | Changji Prefecture |
| Dafeng | 大丰 | Hutubi County | Changji Prefecture |
| Letuyi | 乐土驿 | Manas County | Changji Prefecture |
| Baojiadian | 包家店 | Manas County | Changji Prefecture |
| Manas | 玛纳斯 | Manas County | Changji Prefecture |
| Shihezi | 石河子 | Shihezi | XPCC |
| Ulanusu | 乌兰乌苏 | Shawan County | Tacheng Prefecture |
| Songshenggong | 宋圣宫 | Shawan County | Tacheng Prefecture |
| Shawan | 沙湾 | Shawan County | Tacheng Prefecture |
| Anku | 安库 | Shawan County | Tacheng Prefecture |
| Anjihai | 安集海 | Shawan County | Tacheng Prefecture |
| Kaiganqi | 开干齐 | Kuytun | Ili Prefecture |
| Kuytun East | 奎屯东 | Kuytun | Ili Prefecture |
| Kuytun $_{Kuytun–BeitunRailway}$ | 奎屯 | Kuytun | Ili Prefecture |
| Kuytun West | 奎屯西 | Kuytun | Ili Prefecture |
| Usu | 乌苏 | Usu | Tacheng Prefecture |
| Ganhezi | 甘河子 | Usu | Tacheng Prefecture |
| Sikeshu | 四棵树 | Usu | Tacheng Prefecture |
| Gaoquan | 高泉 | Usu | Tacheng Prefecture |
| Gehe | 古河 | Usu | Tacheng Prefecture |
| Gurtu | 古尔图 | Usu | Tacheng Prefecture |
| Tuotuo | 托托 | Jinghe County | Bortala Prefecture |
| Yilisheng | 伊里生 | Jinghe County | Bortala Prefecture |
| Shaquanzi | 沙泉子 | Jinghe County | Bortala Prefecture |
| Jinghe $_{Jinghe–Yining–KhorgasRailway}$ | 精河 | Jinghe County | Bortala Prefecture |
| Mogutan | 蘑菇滩 | Jinghe County | Bortala Prefecture |
| Aibihu | 艾比湖 | Jinghe County | Bortala Prefecture |
| Bole $_{Bozhourailway}$ | 博乐 | Bole | Bortala Prefecture |
| Wulandabusen | 乌兰达布森 | Bole | Bortala Prefecture |
| Alashankou $_{KazakhstanTurkestan–SiberiaRailway}$ | 阿拉山口 | Alashankou | Bortala Prefecture |

## Gallery

* The Northern Xinjiang Railway
* Train No. 5801, a double-decker sleeper train, from Ürümqi-Alashankou at the Bole station in April 2006
* The Ürümqi to Alashankou Train (No. 5601/6502)
* Aibihu (Ebi-Nur) station
* Wulandabusen station
* Alashankou station
* Westernmost point of the Northern Xinjiang railway, with marker showing 2,360 km (1,470 mi) from Lanzhou