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Qinghai-Tibet railway ready for operation
www.chinanews.cn 2006-06-29 13:58:25
(Source: Xinhua)
BEIJING, June 29 - Qinghai-Tibet railway is ready for operation on July
1, said a senior official with the Ministry of Railways at a news
conference here Thursday.
Zhu Zhensheng, vice director of an office in charge of the railway under
the ministry, said the railway will go into operation one year ahead of
the schedule with good construction, environment and safety conditions.
The Qinghai-Tibet railway stretches 1,956 km from Xining, capital of
Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. The
section of 814 km from Xining to Golmud began operation in 1984.
Most parts of the 1,142-km new track from Golmud to Lhasa are located
more than 4,000 meters above sea level, with the highest point at 5,072
meters.
In this regard, the railway is the highest in the world, said Zhu at the
news conference held by the Information Office of the State Council.
According to Zhu, the construction of the railway has resolved three
major difficulties -- frozen tundra, high altitude and plateau
environmental protection.
The testing operations of freight trains and passenger trains have been
smooth, which paves the way for the formal operation of the track, said
Zhu.
In testing operations, the trains reached the designed speed of 100 km
per hour when running across the frozen tundra and 120 km per hour in
non-tundra area, he said.
Trains linking Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Lanzhou, Xining and Lhasa
will operate in the early phase, and more trains will be added in the
near future, said Zhu.
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