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Golmud, Qinghai to Lhasa, Tibet Railway has been completed
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  Joined: 2005-04-24 Points: 648 |  Aushang: Verfasst von wtanaka (648) am So, 2005-10-16 08:22. | Betreff: Golmud, Qinghai to Lhasa, Tibet Railway has been completedhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4345494.stm (posted here due to chinese firewall blocking bbc news) China completes railway to Tibet
China has announced the completion of the first railway line to Tibet - one of the world's highest train routes. The pan-Himalayan line climbs 5,072m (16,640ft) above sea level and runs across Tibet's snow-covered plateau - dubbed the roof of the world. Trains travelling on the line will have to have carriages that are sealed like aircraft to protect passengers from altitude sickness. The line is expected to take its first passengers next year. The official Xinhua news agency said $3bn had been spent on the challenging 1,142km (710-mile) final section, after four years in construction. The workers who built the line had to breathe bottled oxygen in order to cope with the high altitudes. China says the line will promote the development of impoverished Tibet. The line links the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, with the north-western province of Qinghai. But even before the railway line opens there are concerns about its future. The National Climate Centre said in June that rising temperatures would affect operation of the railway by 2050. |
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^^^ I still wonder it is safe... as you know the line is build above the unstable "freeze soil" (mixture of water and earth).
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wtanaka wrote:
Is it possible to move this thread to the TIBET forum ?
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A question I got asked today:
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I can think of a few reasons:
* Air travel is out of the financial reach of the vast majority of China's population.
* I believe trains are much better than anything else (still) at transporting large amounts of goods from one fixed point to another fixed point. Consider that they're still used in the U.S., which probably is the one of the countries in the world most able to make use of trucks.
* It's easy to build 2 airports (and flights to Lhasa already exist from many places, including the town I'm in). The Chinese government gets to show off this way.
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Trains is the most effective way to extract raw materials and import goods and people into Tibet. It is more environmental friendly than using trucks and it can be done on a massive scale.
Developments is only the beginning...
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According to this article on Shanghai Daily, service is starting in July 2006.
Apparently, foreigners coming to Tibet from Shanghai pay $500 USD (4036.25 yuan) for the permit alone, but I'm hoping that this is mis-reporting on the part of Shanghai Daily, since that's similar to the reported cost of the train tour (3000 yuan) plus the normal cost of the permit (1000 yuan, plus or minus several hundred). If it's not, then foreigners in Shanghai interested in visiting Tibet should probably go to Chengdu first.
The report also talks about another train service from Beijing scheduled for 2007, which makes luxury resorts seem like great deals.
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Interestingly enough, the alternatively-priced luxury train (for foreigners?) hinted at in that previous Shanghai Daily article looks like it might be reality:
Let the influx of chinese tourists begin! ;)
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LHASA, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The schedule has been set for the first five trains to Tibet via the new Qinghai-Tibet railway which will begin trial operations on July 1, an official with the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company said Friday.
The first five trains will depart from Beijing, Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Xining, capital of the northwestern Qinghai Province, Shanghai and Guangzhou, capitalof the southern Guangdong Province...
Trains bound for Tibet will depart daily from Beijing, Chengdu and Xining. There will be departures from Shanghai and Guangzhou every other day, Ma added.
Tickets for the first trains are sold out.
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Qinghai-Tibet Railway has been completed and tourist traffic will be operational from July 1. I am attracted by its peculiar geological features, magnificent natural scenery, splendid ethnic culture and characteristic local customs and practices. To travel is the best way !
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most of the passengers are not travelers but reporter and government officials. the two trains named qing 1 and zuang 2 were servered for government officials and model workers in China on july 1, according to SOHU.com
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Hi
I am new to this so many thanks for reading this. I will be travelling to Beijing from Moscow on The Trans-Mongolian Express in spring of next year and then I will be travelling to southern and south-western China by train stopping on the way. I then want to travel to Lhasa overland from western China. It seems I am fortunate as the train line has recently been opened. Can anyone tell me how much a hard sleeper (ying wo) and a soft sleeper (ruan wo) would be from Chengdu to Lhasa or from Golmud to Lhasa or from any other part of western or south-western China to Lhasa. This would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards
Rich