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China's $5.6 billion high-speed railroad has opened up in Tibet. Its electric bullet trains are racing 250 miles across the country.
China's first fully electrified bullet train is now on the tracks in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet The new railroad connects Tibet's capital, Lhasa, to the city of Nyingchi, about 423 ...
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The world's 'highest' train station that's at an incredible 16,627ft above sea level
Found in Amdo County, in Tibet, China, is the world's highest railway station. The Tanggula railway station sits at an insane height of 16,627 above sea level. Since it opened for service in 2006 ...
China's ambitious £3.8bn mega train line across the Himalayas plagued by problems
A vast railway line will be made up of tunnels passing through 105 miles (170km) above the clouds - if Beijing's project ever ...
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3 Challenges to Construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway
The Golmud-Lhasa section of Qinghai-Tibet railway line is 1,142 kilometers long, with 960 kilometers of it sitting at 4,000 meters above sea level. The protection of the fragile ecosystem ...
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Careful Waste Disposal on Qinghai-Tibet Railway
Tibet government departments have taken measures to ensure the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which goes into trial operation as of July 1, is an ecologically friendly route. The Tourism Bureau of Tibet ...
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Getting Around Tibet
All tourists come into Tibet through Lhasa, accessible via the Lhasa Gonggar Airport (LXA) and the Lhasa Railway Station. To get to either the airport or train station, you must first fly into ...
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To expose China’s secrecy, demand reciprocal access to Tibet
This is posted by travel agencies that operate in TAR. [Source: China Tibet Train Tours] In 2018, both houses of the US Congress passed the bipartisan Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act. That is a ...