Track-laying completed for Lhasa-Nyingchi railway in Tibet
Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2020 shows a bridge of Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Chogo)
LHASA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The track-laying work was completed on Thursday for a railway linking the cities of Lhasa and Nyingchi in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
With a designed speed of 160 km per hour, the 435-km rail line passes through 47 tunnels and 120 bridges, according to its constructor Tibet Railway Construction Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China State Railway Group.
Construction started in 2014 on the railway connecting Lhasa, the regional capital, and Nyingchi in eastern Tibet. It is the first electrified railroad in Tibet and is slated to begin operations in June 2021.
Technical staff works at a tunnel of Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Chogo)
Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2020 shows the construction site of track-laying at a tunnel of Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Chogo)
Photo taken on Dec. 28, 2020 shows the construction site of track-laying at a bridge of Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Chogo)