Dostyk
Dostyk Достық | |
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Coordinates: 45°15′12″N 82°29′04″E / 45.25333°N 82.48444°E | |
Kintra | Kazakhstan |
Province | Almaty Province |
Destrict | Sarkand Destrict |
Population (2009) | |
• Total | 4,698 |
Time zone | UTC+6 (Omsk Time) |
Dostyk (Kazakh: Достық) or Druzhba (Roushie: Дружба) is a smaw toun in Kazakhstan's Almaty Province, on the border wi Xinjiang, Cheenae. It is a port o entry (bi heich-gate an railwey) frae Cheenae. The rail portion serves as a important link in the Eurasie Laund Brig.
Railways
[eedit | eedit soorce]The atween the Soviet Union an the PRC tae connect Kazakhstan with Wastren Cheenae bi rail wis achievit in 1954. On the Soviet side, the railwey reached the border toun o Druzhba (Dostyk) (whose names, baith Roushie an Kazakh, mean 'friendship' in each respective leid) in 1959. On the Cheenese side, housomeivver, the wastwaird construction o the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railwey wis stoppit ance it reached Urumqi in 1962. Due tae the Sino-Soviet Split, the border toun remained a sleepy backwatter for some 30 years, till the railwey link wis feenally completit on 12 September 1990.
The port o entry on the Cheenese side is Alashankou.
Thare is a bogie exchaynge depot tae facilitate the throu muivement o fricht an passengers railcaurs.[1]
Uniform gauge
[eedit | eedit soorce]The railwey netwirks o the twa kintras uise different gauges (Cheenae, like maist o Europe, uises the staundart gauge o 1,435 mm/4 ft 8 1⁄2 in, but Kazakhstan uisses the broader Roushie gauge o 1,520 mm/4 ft 11 27⁄32 in), so thare are breaks o gauge. It is proposed tae build a staundart gauge Transcontinental Railwey tae link Europe an Cheenae tae bypass these twa breaks o gauge. This project wis signed in 2004.[2]
The ither end o this proposed uniform gauge line is at Gorgan in Iran.[3]
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Qazaqstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan Railweys)
- Kyakhta
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Станция «Достык»". Archived frae the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ Text and Map