China Begins Extending Qinghai-Tibet Railway

Date: 2010-9-26 20:38:00 by apolo Tags: Qinghai-tibet railway China Trains Tibet Qinghai

China began work on Sunday to build an extension to the world's highest rail link, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, linking Xigaze, the second largest city in the southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region.

The 253-km line from Tibet's capital Lhasa to Xigaze will pass through five counties as well as over the 90-km long Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon.

The work will take about four years.

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