China opened up a new high-speed railroad that connects cities with an electric bullet train. Passengers can travel from Tibet's capital, Lhasa, to the city of Nyingchi in three and a half hours. The ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet's environment will not be damaged by the construction of a second railroad linking the remote area to the rest of China, the region's deputy Communist Party boss said on ...

NPR's Rob Gifford reports China is in the process of building a railroad through some of its harshest terrain, to reach the remote region of Tibet. The Chinese government says the project will bring ...

The controversial railway into Tibet is going to be expanded to Tibet’s second largest city, Shigatse (Xigaze), Xinhua reports: The Lhasa-Xigaze railway, with a budget of 13.3 billion yuan (1.95 ...

For the first time, travelers in Tibet can enjoy the area’s mountainous views at high-speed. A 435-kilometer (250-mile) rail line connecting Tibetan capital Lhasa with the city of Nyingchi entered ...

China on Saturday opened the first train service to Tibet across what it called the world’s highest railway, a controversial engineering feat meant to bind the restive Himalayan region to China.

BEIJING, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A controversial railway to Lhasa is still losing money with passenger traffic nearly disappearing from April to June following violent demonstrations in the Tibetan capital ...

This railway project, which consists of the first electrified railroad in Tibet, will start its operations in June. Credit: N509FZ/Wikipedia. China State Railway Group, also known as China Railway (CR ...

Construction works to complete the middle section of the Sichuan-Tibet railway link will begin in the upcoming weeks. Credit: PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay. This comes after Xinhua news agency ...

Chinese airlines have been forced to cut flights to Tibet by up to 55 percent following the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet railway. Since Wednesday, nine flights operated by Air China, Sichuan Airline ...

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