Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Why do they build tramways?

Turpan tramway under construction
https://www.railwaygazette.com/projects-and-planning/turpan-tramway-under-construction/57053.article

The city with about 600 thousands people are ready to build the tramway network. The reason why China tries to install urban rails in such a small city would be that the government want to satisfy people in Xinjiang in order to avoid protests against the government.