Because most of the 1,956km line sits at a staggering 4,000m ... If you can stand the height, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway offers stunning views like no other. You'll leave the soaring skyscrapers ...

The Golmud-Lhasa section of Qinghai-Tibet railway line is 1,142 kilometers long, with 960 kilometers of it sitting at 4,000 meters above sea level. The protection of the fragile ecosystem ...

The Qinghai-Tibet train can reach speeds of 100 kilometers per hour on frozen-earth sections and up to 120 kilometers on other parts of the line.

Opened in 2006, the tunnel forms an integral part of the high-altitude railway line stretching from Xining in Qinghai province to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. The line, often hailed as an ...

Found in Amdo County, in Tibet, China, is the world's highest ... The one-of-a-kind station serves the 1,215 Qingzang Railway line, which runs from Qinghai to Lhasa, passing through some of ...

The study found that the average elevation of the tree line in the distant past on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was lowest — roughly 3,426 meters — during the Last Glacial Maximum, which lasted ...

If you’re coming in (or heading out to) Tibet too, please note that Xining is also connected to Lhasa, Tibet via the Qinghai-Tibet railway or Qingzang railway.