A ride on China's cheapest train

Updated: 2016-06-12 11:29

(Xinhua)

Drivers work in the train cab, before traveling between Kashgar and Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, May 23, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

The budget train service has been welcomed by people living in poverty-stricken southern Xinjiang. More than 8,000 passengers have taken it in the first 10 days.