World's longest high altitude tunnel completed

After 6-year hard work, the second section of Xinguanjiao Tunnel, which belongs to the second line of Xining-Golmud railway of Qinghai-Tibet railway, was completed successfully on June 18, 2013. more

Lhasa-Shigatse railway completes connection with Qinghai-Tibet railway

Accompanying with the sound of firecrackers, the Lhasa-Shigatse railway completed connection with Qinghai-Tibet railway successfully at 22:18 p.m. on May 20, 2013, according to the China Tibet News. more

The "spidermen" on the Qinghai-Tibet railway

Chen Zhiqi, a 44-year-old catenary worker, serves at the Golmud Power Supply Workshop, which belongs to the Sining Power Supply Section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway (QTR) Company.  more

Qinghai-Tibet Railway reaches new high in transportation

According to Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company (QTR Company), the number of passengers in 2012 reached 10.76 million, increased by 160,000 compared to the data in 2011.  more

Railway facilitates lives in Tibet

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway has passed safety and environmental tests and brought economic prosperity to formerly inaccessible Tibetan areas. more

Highest railway counts much

The Qinghai -Tibet Railway, highest railway in the world, runs for about 1,242 miles most of which is about 13,000 feet high and surely the high way to go for travel between Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region. more

Qinghai-Tibet Railway boosts economy

Qinghai-Tibet Railway has sent 5,276 passengers since its operation on July 1, 2006, and the annual growth rate of passenger volume reaches 10.3 percent, according to Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company. more

Qinghai-Tibet Railway ready for peak travel season

China started its Spring Festival peak travel season on Sunday, with a total of 3.16 billion passenger trips expected during the 40 days. The Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on Jan 23 this year and is the most important traditional Chinese festival for family reunions. more

Qinghai-Tibet railway offers job opportunities to Tibetan youth

With the operation of the Qinghai-Tibet railway, an increasing number of Tibetan young people have engaged in railway-related jobs in Tibet or Tibetan-inhabited areas. more

Denmark's ambassador keen to experience Qinghai-Tibet Railway

For an ambassador of "a very small country", Danish envoy Friis Arne Petersen juggles a lot of balls in the air.  more

Railway drives economic growth on Tibetan plateau

Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's highest railroad that opened five years ago, has driven unprecedented economic growth on the Tibetan plateau. more

Lhasa-Shigatse railway to complete track-laying

The Lhasa-Shigatse railway, known as the national key project, has completed the track-laying according to the railway construction headquarter under the Ministry of Railways of China. more

Lhasa-Shigatse railway completed its first two-kilometer- tunnel

Shuangqu Village Tunnel, which is the first tunnel at 2 kilometers level of the Lhasa-Shigatse railway, runs 2,128 meters.  more

Lhasa-Shigatse railway under construction

The railway linking Lhasa and Shigatse in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region is under construction as an extension line of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. more

Construction of Lhasa-Shigatse railway line enters new phase

Workers switch the rail at the construction site of Lhasa-Shigatse railway line in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 25, 2012. more

Lhasa-Shigatse railway under construction

As the extension line of the Qinghai-Tibet railway, the 253-kilometer Lhasa-Shigatse railway starts at the Lhasa Railway Station in the east, the terminal of the Qinghai-Tibet railway, up along the Yarlung Zangbo River and finally ends in southwestern Tibet's Shigatse. more

Lhasa-Shigatse Railway in a new upsurge of construction

Lhasa-Shigatse Railway,the extension line of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, is in a new upsurge of construction. The railway builders work in shifts round the clock to assure the project completed on time. more

Amazing progress of transportation witnessed in Tibet Part I

File photo taken on July 20, 2006 shows a train running on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway near Lake Cona in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. more

Amazing progress of transportation witnessed in Tibet Part II

Tsring Tsomo, a radio reporter who was born in Medog, calls her family to tell the news that 117 km-highway to China's last county without paved road, Medog in Tibet, was accomplished. more

Lhasa-Shigatse railway extends to inner Tibet

The construction of Lhasa-Shigatse railway is currently in full swing, extending westward to the interior of Tibet, said local newspaper. more