What is Qingzang railway?
The '''Qingzang railway''' (also called '''Qinghai–Xizang railway''', or '''Qinghai–Tibet railway''') is a [[railway]] line from [[Xining]], [[Qinghai|Qinghai Province]], to [[Lhasa]] in [[Tibet]]. The line includes the [[Tanggula Pass]], at 5,072 [[metre|m]] (16,640 feet) above sea level the world's highest rail track and [[Tanggula Railway Station]] which is the highest railway station. The 1,338&nbsp;m [[Fenghuoshan tunnel]] is the highest rail tunnel in the world, at 4,905&nbsp;m [[above mean sea level|above sea level]]. The 3,345-m [[Yangbajing tunnel]] is the longest tunnel on the line. It is 4,264&nbsp;m above sea level, 80 [[kilometre]]s north-west of Lhasa. More than 960&nbsp;km, or over 80% of the [[Golmud]]-[[Lhasa]] section, is at an altitude of more than 4,000&nbsp;m. There are 675 bridges, totalling 159.88 km, and over half the length of the railway is laid on [[permafrost]].<ref>[http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r022.html Tanggula], Mikes Rail History, accessed August 2009</ref> The railway which was finished in 2006 is said to not help the people of Tibet.<ref name=stibet1>{{Cite web |url=http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/ict-press-releases/tracking-steel-dragon-how-chinas-economic-policies-and-railroad-are-transforming-tibet |title=Tracking the Steel Dragon: How China's economic policies and the railroad are transforming Tibet |access-date=2009-08-09 |archive-date=2009-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003130339/http://www.savetibet.org/media-center/ict-press-releases/tracking-steel-dragon-how-chinas-economic-policies-and-railroad-are-transforming-tibet |url-status=dead }}</ref> It takes about 3 days to go from Lhasa to [[Guangzhou]] or [[Shanghai]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{Transport-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Tibet]] [[Category:Rail transport in the People's Republic of China]]