China is constructing one of the most ambitious and controversial railway projects in the world: the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, a ...

Putting the Tibet Train Hubbub in Perspective Some 160 correspondents applied for 40 foreign media spots on a new railway's maiden voyage to Tibet from Beijing. But some Chinese and Tibetans ...

The 1,742.39-kilometer-long Sichuan-Tibet Railway, a key project listed in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), will cost about 360 billion yuan ($54.8 billion), run alongside the Sichuan-Tibet ...

Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region is making preparations for the construction of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the first railway linking the "Roof of the World" with the country's inland areas.

China's Railway to Tibet NPR's Rob Gifford reports China is in the process of building a railroad through some of its harshest terrain, to reach the remote region of Tibet.

LHASA, China - The first train from Beijing to Tibet finished an arduous journey along the world's highest railway Monday, opening direct service to the Himalayan region that China has been trying ...

Authorities plan to extend the Qinghai-Tibet Railway to China's border with Nepal, according to Tibetan Autonomous Region chairman Qiangba Puncog. During a meeting with Deputy Nepali Prime ...

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Since then, China built the Qinghai-Tibet Railway connecting Lhasa to Xining, and is now working on the Sichuan-Tibet Railway to Chengdu and Kunming. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway was extended from Lhasa ...

A controversial railway to Lhasa is still losing money with passenger traffic nearly disappearing from April to June following violent demonstrations in the Tibetan capital, railway officials said ...