Information about the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway starts in Xining City, Qinghai Province, passes through Golmud City, Kunlun Pass and Tuotuo, passes through Tanggula Pass, and enters Amdo, Naqu, Dangxiong, Yangbajing and Lhasa in Xizang Autonomous Region.

With a total length of 1956 km, it is an important route to Tibet. Known as Tianlu, it is the plateau railway with the highest altitude and the longest journey on frozen soil in the world. It is one of the four major projects in China in the new century. In September, 438+03, it was selected as the "Global Centennial Project", which is a monument in the history of world railway construction. This railway is praised by people of all ethnic groups along the line as a line of unity, traffic, happiness and lifeline.

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The Qinghai-Tibet Railway was completed in two phases. The first phase of the project starts from Xining City, Qinghai Province in the east and ends in Golmud City in the west. 1958 started construction, 1984 was completed and opened to traffic in May. The second phase of the project starts from Golmud City, Qinghai Province in the east and ends in Lhasa City, Xizang Autonomous Region in the west. It started on June 29th, 2006 and was completed and opened to traffic on July 6th, 2006.

Qinghai-Tibet Railway runs from Xining Station to Lhasa Station; The total length of the line is 1956 km, including Xining-Golmud 8 14 km and Golmud-Lhasa 1 142 km. * * * There are 85 stations with the designed maximum speed of 160km/h (Xining-Golmud section) and 100km/h (Golmud-Lhasa section).

As of March 20 15, the operating speed of Qinghai-Tibet Railway was 140 km/h (Xining-Golmud section) and 100 km/h (Golmud-Lhasa section).