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Train running along the Qinghai Lake, between Xining and Golmud Tanggula railway station, located at 5,068 m (16,627 ft), is the highest station in the world. The capital of the Qinghai Province, Xining, became connected with the rest of the country by rail in 1959, when the Lanqing Railway from Lanzhou was completed. [11]
Xining railway station (simplified Chinese: 西宁站; traditional Chinese: 西寧站; pinyin: Xīníng Zhàn) is the main railway station serving the city of Xining in Qinghai, China. It is the first station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway which connects the city with Lhasa in Tibet.
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. The line was completed in July 2014 and opened for commercial operations on August 16, 2014.
The second step of the original plan is the Qingzang railway, a 1956-kilometer railroad that starts from Xining, first runs west bound to the city of Golmud, also in Qinghai province, and then runs south bound towards Tibet and finally ends in Lhasa. This plan proved to be very challenging as the Qinghai-Tibet plateau is some of the highest ...
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).
The Tanggula (Dangla) railway station (Chinese: 唐古拉站; pinyin: Tánggǔlā zhàn) is a railway station located in Amdo County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, near the border with the Tanggula Town, Qinghai Province. The railway station has three tracks, one of them served by a platform, and another one served by a very short stub platform.
It was specially customised for high altitude operation on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway route. It is used on the Qingzang Railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, in the People's Republic of China.
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