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Qinghai-Tibet Heavy Rail Line, China



The Lhasa Valley in Tibet, with Sera Monastery in the foreground.


  • Golmud Station; from here the line stretches 1,142km to Lhasa.

  • Xinhua bridge; one of the main viaducts on the Qinghai-Tibet railway.

  • Inside one of the Chinese-made 25T carriages.

  • Tanggula Station, at 5,068m above sea level, is the world's highest railway...

  • The diesel locomotives in use on the Golmud to Lhasa line were made by GE in...

  • Liuwu; the last tunnel before arriving at Lhasa station.

  • Lhasa Station, Tibet – a rail journey of 1,956km from Xining, capital of...

  • The Lhasa Valley in Tibet, with Sera Monastery in the foreground.

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