Kuytun–Beitun railway

{{Short description|Railway line in Xinjiang, China}}

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The Kuytun–Beitun railway or Kuibei railway ({{zh|s=奎北铁路|t=奎北鐵路|p=Kuíběi Tiělù}}) is a single-track railway in Xinjiang, China between Kuytun and Beitun. The railway branches from the Northern Xinjiang railway at Kuytun and heads north across the Junggar Basin to Beitun, near Altay, passing through Karamay, Urho, and Fuhai (Burultoqay). The railway is 468.5 km in length(Chinese) [http://news.sohu.com/20091230/n269296411.shtml 奎北铁路（奎屯至北屯）正式开通运营(图)] 2009-12-30 The railway opened to freight traffic on December 29, 2009, and passenger traffic on June 1, 2011.(Chinese) [http://www.tieliu.com.cn/news/201106/2011-06-07/news_20110607140331_290920.html "新疆奎北铁路客运列车正式开通"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615135538/http://www.tieliu.com.cn/news/201106/2011-06-07/news_20110607140331_290920.html |date=2011-06-15 }} 2011-06-07

An extension of this railway toward Altay City opened in 2016.[http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_406a2f7d0101f2gw.html 阿勒泰区域双子城阿勒泰市和北屯市2016年将通火车] (2013-08-15) From Altay, the route continues as the Altay–Fuyun–Zhundong railway.

The Karamay–Tacheng railway (under construction as of 2017) branches off the Kuytun–Beitun railway at Baikouquan Station (百口泉站), and runs to Karamay, Emin County and Tacheng.

[http://news.huochepiao.com/2017-9/2017928422698.htm 克塔铁路站后工程开工建设], 2017-9-28