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The Sichuan–Tibet railway, Sichuan–Xizang railway or Chuanzang railway (simplified Chinese: 川藏铁路; traditional Chinese: 川藏鐵路; pinyin: Chuānzàng Tiělù) is a high-elevation and the National first-class trunk railway in China that will connect Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, and Lhasa, the capital of Xizang Autonomous Region, when fully completed. [8]
The Lhasa–Nyingchi railway (Chinese: 拉林铁路) also known as the Lalin Line (Chinese: 拉林线), is a single-track railway across the southeast Tibet, China, linking Lhasa and Nyingchi. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has a length of 435.48-kilometre (270.59 mi) and a designed speed of 160-kilometre (99 mi) per hour.
The Qinghai–Tibet railway or Qingzang railway (Standard Tibetan: མཚོ་བོད་ལྕགས་ལམ།, mtsho bod lcags lam; simplified Chinese: 青藏铁路; traditional Chinese: 青藏鐵路; pinyin: Qīngzàng Tiělù), is a high-elevation railway line in China between Xining, Qinghai Province, and Lhasa, Tibet. [1]
It is part of the Qinghai–Tibet Railway, linking Qinghai and Tibet that was completed in 2006. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The tunnel is located in the western, sparsely populated Zadoi County , Qinghai (the eastern edge of the Hoh Xil mountainous region between the Kunlun and Tanggula mountain ranges).
Lhasa River Bridge is the only non-standard design mega bridge in the whole line of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the main pier is yak-legged variable-section double cylindrical pier, the approach pier is snow lotus type variable-section round-end shaped pier, and the main span is a double-layered stacked-arch structure, which integrates the Tibetan ...
It is one of three planned railways to Tibet in the Mid-to-Long Term Railway Network Plan (revised in 2008), the other two are the Chuanzang railway (Sichuan–Tibet) and the Xinjiang–Tibet railway. Its total length will be 1,594.4 km. It will connect to the Sichuan–Tibet railway in Bomê [1] (pinyin : Bōmì)
China asserts that Tibet has been part of its territory for centuries although it only took firm control of the region after the Communist Party came to power in 1949.
Inside Lhasa–Shigatse railway train. The line was a spur line of the Qinghai–Tibet railway.The length of the railway is 253 km (157 mi). [2] Construction began in September 2010 and was connected to the Qinghai–Tibet Railway in May 2013.