What is the Qinghai-Tibet Railway called? What strategy to implement is a landmark project. Which province does the east start from and what is the south?

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, known as "Tianlu", is a landmark project to implement the strategy of "developing the western region". It starts from Xining in Qinghai Province in the east and ends in Lhasa, Xizang Autonomous Region in the south.

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, known as "Tianlu", is a landmark project to implement the strategy of developing the western region and one of the four major projects in China in the new century. It starts from Xining in Qinghai in the east and ends in Lhasa in Tibet in the south, with a total length of 1956 km. Among them, Xining-Golmud 8 14km was paved on 1979, and 1984 was put into operation.

The Golmud section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway starts from Qinghai in the east and ends in Lhasa, Tibet in the west, with a total length of 1 142 km, of which the newly-built line110km was officially started on June 29th, 2006. Pass Nachitai, Wudaoliang, Tuotuo River and Yanshiping, pass Tanggula Mountain, and then pass Amdo, Naqu, Dangxiong and Yangbajing in Xizang Autonomous Region to Lhasa. Among them, there are 960 kilometers above 4000 meters above sea level, 550 kilometers in frozen soil, and the highest point of the railway crossing Tanggula Mountain is 5072 meters above sea level. It is the plateau railway with the highest altitude in the world, the longest journey on frozen soil and overcoming world-class difficulties.

Most of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is located in high-altitude areas and "no man's land", and it needs to overcome four major problems: frozen soil, lack of oxygen on the plateau, fragile ecology and bad weather. On June 65438+1October 65438+February 2005, the Jiela section of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, known as Tianlu, was laid. As of March 25th, 2006, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Project has completed a total investment of 28.5 billion yuan, of which the investment in environmental protection projects has reached 654.38+0.2 billion yuan, which is quite rare in the environmental protection investment of individual projects in the world.

On July 1 day, 2006, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was officially opened to traffic.