Qarhan railway station

Railway station in Golmud, China
Qarhan railway station
Traditional Chinese察爾汗站
Simplified Chinese察尔汗站
Literal meaningQarhan Station
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChá'ěrhán Zhàn
Wade–GilesCh‘a-erh-han Ch‘an

The Qarhan or Cha'erhan railway station is a station on the Qingzang Railway at Qarhan in Golmud County, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China.

Qarhan station is located in Qarhan Playa of the Qaidam Basin, near Dabusun Lake where major salt works are located. As of 2012, a 25 km (16 mi) private railway branch from this station to the nearby facilities of the Zangge Potash Co Ltd. is under construction.[1]

Most passenger trains pass through Qarhan without stopping. As of 2017, just one train a day in each direction (local service Xining–Golmud) stops there.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ 青海格尔木藏格钾肥有限公司铁路专用线项目开工 Archived 2012-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, 2012-02-18
  2. ^ Qarhan train schedule
Preceding station China Railway Following station
Dabusun
towards Xining
Qinghai–Tibet railway Yushuihe
towards Lhasa

36°47′58″N 95°17′55″E / 36.79944°N 95.29861°E / 36.79944; 95.29861


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