1. The highest railway in the world. About 960 kilometers of it are at an altitude of 4,000 meters and more with the highest point being 5,072 meters above sea level. 3. The longest railway ...

Experience a train ride like no other - where carriages that rattle high in the sky are pressurised like planes. Branded a 'miracle' of engineering, the The Qinghai - Tibet Railway is a £3.3 ...

Tibet government departments have taken measures to ensure the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which goes into trial operation as of July 1, is an ecologically friendly route. The Tourism Bureau of Tibet ...

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 Fenghuoshan Tunnel is part of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, a lifeline that connects the far-flung regions of China to the rest of the country. Crisis for Putin as North Sea oil collapses with ...

The system is now being used on the Qinghai-Tibet railway, which is built on the world’s highest plateau and vulnerable to strong winds. Cementing the base of development Railway bridges occupy ...

As the train passes through the Tibetan Plateau, passengers are treated to incredible views of Qinghai Lake (China’s largest lake), the Kunlun mountain range and the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve.

The Chinese government first decided to extend the railway to Lhasa in the 1950s with the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Many technical obstacles needed overcoming, including oxygen ...

Geru Tseten (R) boards a train at the Xining Railway Station in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai province in February 2025. [Photo/China Railway Qinghai-Xizang Group Co., Ltd./Handout via Xinhua ...