Showing posts with label train to Lhasa. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Train to Tibet, the World's Highest Railway



Tibet ©Solange Hando

Back in 2006, China opened the Qinghai Express linking Lhasa to Beijing and now extended to other cities. Climbing to 5072 metres at the Tanggula pass, this is the highest railway in the world, a masterpiece of engineering with amazing bridges, viaducts and tunnels and large sections built on permafrost.