Board chairman of China State Railway Company, told state-run news agency that a 435-km rail link to Lhasa will run high-speed trains powered by internal-combustion & electricity.
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High-Speed Bullet Trains to Connect China With Tibet By July
China will operate bullet trains to Tibet, close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh, before July this year, a senior Chinese official has said.
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Beijing:Â China will operate bullet trains to Tibet, close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh, before July this year, marking the opening of high-speed train services to all Chinese mainland provincial-level regions, a senior official has said.
A 435-km rail link to the regional capital of Lhasa will run Fuxing high-speed trains powered by both internal combustion and electricity, Lu Dongfu, board chairman of China State Railway Group Company Limited, told state-run Xinhua news agency on Saturday.
China will operate bullet trains to Tibet, close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh before July this year, marking the opening of high-speed train services to all Chinese mainland provincial-level regions, a senior official has said. A 435-km rail link to the regional capital of Lhasa will run Fuxing high-speed trains powered by both internal-combustion and electricity, Lu Dongfu, board chairman of China State Railway Group Company Limited, told state-run Xinhua news agency on Saturday. Construction started in 2014 on the railway line connecting Lhasa with Nyingchi in eastern Tibet. It is the first electrified railroad in Tibet and is slated to begin operations in June 2021.