1. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway was built in two phases. The first phase of the project starts from Xining in the east and ends in Golmud in the west. 1958 started construction and was completed and opened to traffic in may 1984. The second phase of the project starts from Golmud in the east and ends in Lhasa in the west, and started on June 29th, 20001year.

2. Qinghai-Tibet Railway from Xining Station to Lhasa Station; The total length of the line is 1956 km, including Xining-Golmud 8 14 km and Golmud-Lhasa 1 142 km. * * * There are 85 stations with the designed maximum speed of 160km/h (Xining-Golmud section) and 100km/h (Golmud-Lhasa section).

3. As of March 20 15, the operating speed of Qinghai-Tibet Railway was 140km/h (Xining-Golmud section) and 100km/h (Golmud-Lhasa section).

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1. As of July 1, 20 16, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has opened seven routes to the holy city of Lhasa, including Guangzhou to Lhasa, Shanghai to Lhasa, Beijing to Lhasa, Lanzhou to Lhasa, Xining to Lhasa, Chengdu to Lhasa and Chongqing to Lhasa.

2. Passenger stations that can go to Lhasa by train are: Beijing, Guangzhou, Changsha, Wuchang, Zhengzhou, Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang, Shanghai, Wuxi, Nanjing, Bengbu, Xuzhou, xi 'an, Chengdu, Guangyuan, Baoji, Chongqing, Guang 'an, Dazhou, Lanzhou, Xining, Delingha, Golmud, Tuotuo, Amdo and Naqu.

3. The completion and operation of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has shortened the land transportation time of trade between China and major cities in Nepal from 12 to 18 days to less than one week, which has promoted the economic development of the backward northern mountainous areas in Nepal and helped Nepal to appear independently on the world political stage.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Qinghai-Tibet Railway