(201209) -- URUMQI, Dec. 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Railway police officer Zhou Chunyang performs security check on passenger train K9756 from Korla to Yetimbulak, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 9, 2020. The train runs on the Xinjiang section of the Golmud-Korla railway. The 1,206 km Golmud-Korla railway linking Golmud City in Qinghai Province and Korla City in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, both in northwest China, was put into operation on Wednesday. The new rail artery, which will cut the travel time between Golmud and Korla from about 26 hours to roughly 12 hours, is the third railway line facilitating exchanges between Xinjiang and other regions. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)