Train To Lhasa
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) or Xizang Autonomous Region, called Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was created in 1965 on the basis of Tibet's incorporation by the PRC in 1951. Tibet is the second-largest province-level division of China by area, spanning over 1,200,000 square kilometres, after Xinjiang, and mostly due to its harsh and rugged terrain, is the least densely populated province of the PRC. Alongside the main road from Lhasa to Lake Nam-Tso, lie the tracks of the Qingzang railway, which is a high-altitude railway connecting Xining to Lhasa, with a total length of 1,956 km. The train was inaugurated on 1st July 2006 by president Hu Jintao. Tibet was thus the last province of mainland China to be connected by train. The railway line breaks different world records: - Crossing the Tanggula Pass at 5,072 m above sea level makes it the world's highest rail track - The 1,338 m Fenghuoshan tunnel is the highest rail tunnel in the world at 4,905 m above sea level. - More than 960 km, or over 80% of the Golmud-Lhasa section, is at an altitude of more than 4,000 m. - There are 675 bridges, totalling km - 550 km of the railway tracks are laid on permafrost
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Location: Tibet, China
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