The Qinghai-Tibet Railway
Modern tourist bus runs beside the Tibet train
The Tsang Po river also called Yarlung Zangbo Rive…
Crossing the Tsang Po river
View over the grain fields to the highway
Just out of Lhasa
Along the Zang Po river
Our group is boarding the train
Boarding the coach No. 11
The train is ready for Beijing
Modern construction in the railway station
The gate to board the train to Xining
The waiting room in the railway station
Lhasa railway station
The tickets for a sleeping car
The map of the railway from Lhasa to Xining
The railway goes mostly on piles
A look outside the window
Salama and Albin inside the compartment
Dangxiong 4,293 m, clean and empty railwaystation
The trail on the piles
The floor inside along the coach
Unending foothills in front of the high mountains
Riverbed of Nam Cho
No one on the highway
Snow just in a bit higher altitude
The remain of workers temporary accommodations
Small pool beside the track
Impressive cloud formations
Near Amdo
Cuona Lake near Amdo
Close ride beside the Cuona Lake
Cuona Lake
Cuona Lake
View out the window to the Cuona Lake
Nagqu River near Amdo
Erosion protection
Amdo Station
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The track goes along the Tsang Po valley
Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the world's highest railway. Some 960 kilometers of its tracks are located 4,000 meters above sea level and the highest point is 5,072 meters.
The railway extends 1,972 kilometers from Qinghai's provincial capital Xining to Lhasa in Tibet. The Golmud-Lhasa section zigzags 1,142 kilometers across the Kunlun and Tanggula mountain ranges.
About 550 kilometers of the tracks run on frozen earth, the longest such railroad on earth.
Tanggula Railway Station (5,068 meters above sea level) is the highest railway station in the world.
Fenghuoshan Tunnel (4,905 meters above sea level) is the world's most elevated tunnel on frozen earth.
Kunlun Mountain Tunnel (1,686 meters) is the world's longest high altitude tunnel built on frozen earth.
There are a total of 45 stations along the rail line.
The maximum train speed is designed to reach 100 km per hour in the frozen earth areas and 120 km per hour on non-frozen earth.
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The railway extends 1,972 kilometers from Qinghai's provincial capital Xining to Lhasa in Tibet. The Golmud-Lhasa section zigzags 1,142 kilometers across the Kunlun and Tanggula mountain ranges.
About 550 kilometers of the tracks run on frozen earth, the longest such railroad on earth.
Tanggula Railway Station (5,068 meters above sea level) is the highest railway station in the world.
Fenghuoshan Tunnel (4,905 meters above sea level) is the world's most elevated tunnel on frozen earth.
Kunlun Mountain Tunnel (1,686 meters) is the world's longest high altitude tunnel built on frozen earth.
There are a total of 45 stations along the rail line.
The maximum train speed is designed to reach 100 km per hour in the frozen earth areas and 120 km per hour on non-frozen earth.
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