The Qinghai Tibet train (Lhasa Express) connects Xining in China and Lhasa in Tibet.
The total length of the track is 1956 km. the construction of the 814 km track between Xining and Golmud was completed by 1984.
The 1142 km. track between Golmud and Lhasa was inaugurated on 1st July, 2006.
The line includes the Tanggula pass, at 16640 feet above sea level, the highest railway station in the world.
It has 675 tunnels and bridges in total.
At 13435 feet above sea level it has Fenghuoshan tunnel, the highest rail tunnel in the world which is 4390 feet long.
The 10974 feet Yangbajing tunnel is the longest tunnel on the line at 13990 feet above sea level.
More than 960 km of the Golmud – Lhasa section is at the height of more than 13123 feet.
The train is designed to travel at speed of 100km/h on frozen ground to 120km/h on non-frozen ground.
The cabins are supplied with oxygen because of the thin air at the high altitudes.
About 550 km of the tracks run on frozen earth, the longest in any of the world’s raised ground railways.
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