The Qingzang railway, Qinghai–Xizang railway, or Qinghai–Tibet railway (simplified Chinese: 青藏铁路; traditional Chinese: 青藏鐵路; pinyin: Qīngzàng Tiělù), is a high-altitude railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, in China. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Xining ( Simplified Chinese: 西宁 Traditional Chinese: 西寧 Tibetan: ཟི་ནིང་ Pinyin: Xīníng Wylie: Zi-ning (青海 qīnghǎi is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake. Lhasa, ( in English l̥ʰásə or in Tibetan; Chinese: 拉萨 Pinyin: Lāsà sometimes spelled Lasa, is the administrative capital of the The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR also called Xizang Autonomous Region (བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས་ Wylie: Bod-rang-skyong-ljongs Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES

The total length of Qingzang railway is 1956 km. Construction of the 815 km section between Xining and Golmud was completed by 1984. Xining ( Simplified Chinese: 西宁 Traditional Chinese: 西寧 Tibetan: ཟི་ནིང་ Pinyin: Xīníng Wylie: Zi-ning Golmud, sometimes spelled Ge'ermu or Geermu ( Mongolian: Голмуд meaning "Rivers" in local Western Mongolian dialect; Tibetan The 1142 km section between Golmud and Lhasa was inaugurated on 1 July 2006 by president Hu Jintao: the first two passenger trains were "Qing 1" (Q1) from Golmud to Lhasa, and "Zang 2" (J2) from Lhasa. Golmud, sometimes spelled Ge'ermu or Geermu ( Mongolian: Голмуд meaning "Rivers" in local Western Mongolian dialect; Tibetan "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Hu Jintao ( born 21 December 1942 is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist ^[1] This railway is the first to connect China proper with the Tibet Autonomous Region, which due to its altitude and terrain is the last province-level entity in the People's Republic of China to have a conventional railway. China proper (also known as Inner China) refers to the historical lands of China where the Han Chinese are the majority Ethnic group, in contrast See also Administrative divisions of the Republic of China Due to China 's large Population and area the political divisions of China have consisted Testing of the line and equipment started on May 1, 2006. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[2] Trains run from Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Xining and Lanzhou. ^[3]

The line includes the Tanggula Pass, at 5,072 m (16,640 feet) above sea level the world's highest rail track. The Tanggula Pass ( Traditional Chinese: 唐古拉山口 Simplified Chinese: 唐古拉山口 Pinyin: Tánggǔlā Shānkǒu in the Tibetan The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The 1,338 m Fenghuoshan tunnel is the highest rail tunnel in the world, at 4,905 m above sea level. The Fenghuoshan railway tunnel in the is the highest railway tunnel in the world The term above mean sea level ( AMSL) refers to the Elevation (on the ground or Altitude (in the Air) of any object relative to the The 3,345-m Yangbajing tunnel is the longest tunnel on the line. The Yangbajing tunnel is the longest tunnel of some 3345-meters long of the Qingzang railway (Qinghai–Xizang railway which links Xining with Lhasa It is 4,264 m above sea level, 80 kilometres north-west of Lhasa. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand

More than 960 km, or over 80% of the Golmud-Lhasa section, is at an altitude of more than 4,000 m. Golmud, sometimes spelled Ge'ermu or Geermu ( Mongolian: Голмуд meaning "Rivers" in local Western Mongolian dialect; Tibetan Lhasa, ( in English l̥ʰásə or in Tibetan; Chinese: 拉萨 Pinyin: Lāsà sometimes spelled Lasa, is the administrative capital of the There are 675 bridges, totalling 159. 88 km, and over half the length of the railway is laid on permafrost. This article is about frozen ground For other meanings see Permafrost (disambiguation.

Contents 1 Stations 2 Trains and tickets 3 Oxygen supply 4 Construction 4.1 Extension to Nepal 5 Engineering challenges 6 Economic impact 7 Environmental impact 8 Criticism 9 Fleet 10 References 11 External links

Stations

Main article: List of stations on Qingzang railway

In the Golmud to Lhasa part of the line, 45 stations are open, 38 of which are unstaffed, monitored in the control center in Xining. The Qingzang railway was inaugurated on 1 July 2006. List of railway stations Dangxiong railway station, or Damxung railway station ( is a railway station in Damxung County, Lhasa, Tibet. Lhasa west railway station ( is a railway station in Lhasa, Tibet. Lhasa railway station ( is a railway station in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Xining ( Simplified Chinese: 西宁 Traditional Chinese: 西寧 Tibetan: ཟི་ནིང་ Pinyin: Xīníng Wylie: Zi-ning Thirteen more stations are planned. ^[4]

Trains and tickets

The trains are specially built for high altitude environment. The diesel locomotives used on Golmud-Lhasa section were made by GE in Pennsylvania, and the passenger carriages are Chinese-made 25T carriages: on train T27/T28, between Beijing West and Lhasa, BSP carriages are from Bombardier. A locomotive is a railway Vehicle that provides the motive power for a Train. Bombardier Inc (bɔ̃baʁdje is a Canadian conglomerate, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942 Carriages used on the Golmud-Lhasa section are either deep green/yellow or deep red/yellow. Signs in the carriages are in Tibetan, Simplified Chinese and English. The operational speed is 120 km/h, 100 km/h in sections laid on permafrost.

The 1,142-km Qinghai–Tibet railway from Golmud to Lhasa was completed on October 12, 2005. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It opened to regular trial service on July 1, 2006. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[5] During the one-year trial period, three passenger trains ran from Beijing, Chengdu/Chongqing, and Xining/Lanzhou, numbered T27/T28, T22/T23/T24/T21, T222/T223/T224/T221, N917/N918, K917/K918, respectively. Train T27 from Beijing to Lhasa takes 47 hours 28 minutes, covering 4,064 km (2,500 miles), departs at 21:30 from Beijing West, and arrives in Lhasa at 20:58 on the third day. Beijing 's West Railway Station or just abbreviated as Beijing West ( Hanyu Pinyin: Běijīng Xīkèzhàn Simplified and Traditional A ticket costs CNY¥ 389 for hard seat, CNY¥ 813 for a lower hard sleeper (a lower bunk in a basic sleeping car), or CNY¥ 1,262 for a lower soft sleeper (a bunk in a more luxurious sleeping car). T28 from Lhasa to Beijing West departs at 08:00 and arrives in Beijing at 08:00 on the third day, takes 48 hours.

Apart from hard seat tickets, there is an extra charge for forward-facing seats/berths. Compared with standard pricing for the same class, the soft seat, hard sleeper and soft sleeper tickets have an added charge of 0. 09, 0. 10 or 0. 16 yuan per kilometre per person respectively.

Trains from Shanghai and Guangzhou started on October 1, 2006. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Train T264/5 from Guangzhou departs at 10:29 every other day and arrives in Lhasa at 19:50 on the third day (duration: 57 hours 21 minutes), while T266/3 (from 4 October 2006) departs Lhasa at 08:32 and arrive in Guangzhou at 19:37 on the third day (duration: 59 hours 5 minutes). Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Trains T164/5 from Shanghai to Lhasa depart at 16:11 from Shanghai, via Wuxi, Nanjing, Bengbu, Zhengzhou, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Xining, Golmud, Nagqu, arrive in Lhasa at 19:50 on the third day (duration: 51 hours 39 minutes). Administration The Prefecture-level city of Wuxi administers 9 county-level divisions, including 7 districts and 2 county-level ( Chinese: 南京 Romanizations Nánjīng ( Pinyin) Nan-ching ( Wade-Giles Administration The Prefecture-level city of Bengbu administers 7 county-level divisions, including 4 districts and 3 counties. Zhengzhou ( formerly called Zhengxian is a Prefecture-level city, and the capital of Henan province, People's Republic of China. UserEl_C --> Xi'an ( Postal map spelling: Sian is the Capital of the Shaanxi province in the Lanzhou ( Postal map spelling: Lanchow is a Prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu province in northwestern China. Xining ( Simplified Chinese: 西宁 Traditional Chinese: 西寧 Tibetan: ཟི་ནིང་ Pinyin: Xīníng Wylie: Zi-ning Golmud, sometimes spelled Ge'ermu or Geermu ( Mongolian: Голмуд meaning "Rivers" in local Western Mongolian dialect; Tibetan Nagchu may refer to Nagchu Prefecture, prefecture in Tibet Nagchu County, county in Tibet Nagchu Town, town in Trains T166/3 from Lhasa to Shanghai depart at 08:32 and arrive in Shanghai at 13:45 on the third day (duration: 53 hours 13 minutes). Therefore, the Beijing and Lhasa journey is the shortest in terms of time duration.

A Passenger Health Registration Card is required to take the train. The card can be obtained when purchasing the ticket. Passengers must read the health notice for high-altitude travel and sign the agreement on the card to take the train. On August 28, 2006 a 75-year-old Hong Kong man was reported to be the first passenger to die on the train, after he had suffered heart problems in Lhasa but insisted on travelling to Xining. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders [3] On November 19, 2006 a woman died giving birth to a child on her own in a toilet. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Ticket prices for five-carriage trains in the testing period were as follows: (Unit: Chinese Yuan)

Train	From/To	Kilometres	Hard Seat	Hard Sleeper (lower berth)	Soft Sleeper (lower berth)
T27/28	Beijing west - Lhasa	4064	389	813	1262
T22/23/24/21	Chengdu - Lhasa	3360	331	712	1104
T222/223/224/221	Chongqing - Lhasa	3654	355	754	1168
T164/5	Shanghai - Lhasa	4373	406	845	1314
T166/3	Lhasa - Shanghai	4373	406	845	1314
T262	Guangzhou - Lhasa	4980	451	923	1434
T264	Lhasa - Guangzhou	4980	451	923	1434
K917/K918	Lanzhou - Lhasa	2188	242	552	854
N917/N918	Xining - Lhasa	1972	226	523	810

Oxygen supply

From October 2006 five pairs of passenger trains run between Golmud and Lhasa, and one more pair between Xining and Golmud. The line has a capacity of eight pairs of passenger trains, and the carriages are specially built and have an oxygen supply for each passenger.

Construction

Since the formation of the Tibetan Autonomous Region in early 1950s, the Chinese government has dreamed of building a railway connecting Tibet to China proper. Tibetan history is characterized by a special dedication to the Buddhist religion both in the eyes of its own people as well as for the Mongol and Manchu Engineers were sent to investigate the possibility, but shortage of technology and money prevented the project from starting.

The 815 km section from Xining, Qinghai to Golmud, Qinghai opened to traffic in 1984. Xining ( Simplified Chinese: 西宁 Traditional Chinese: 西寧 Tibetan: ཟི་ནིང་ Pinyin: Xīníng Wylie: Zi-ning Golmud, sometimes spelled Ge'ermu or Geermu ( Mongolian: Голмуд meaning "Rivers" in local Western Mongolian dialect; Tibetan Construction of the remaining 1,142 km section from Golmud to Lhasa could not be started until the recent economic growth of China. Lhasa, ( in English l̥ʰásə or in Tibetan; Chinese: 拉萨 Pinyin: Lāsà sometimes spelled Lasa, is the administrative capital of the This section was formally started on 29 June 2001. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. This section was finished on October 12, 2005, and signalling work and track testing took another eight months. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was completed in five years at a cost of $3. 68 billion.

Track-laying in Tibet was launched from both directions, towards Tanggula Mountain and Lhasa, from Anduo Railway Station on 22 June 2004. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " On 24 August 2005, track was laid at the railway's highest point, the Tanggula Pass, 5,072 m (16,640 feet) above sea level. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Tanggula Pass ( Traditional Chinese: 唐古拉山口 Simplified Chinese: 唐古拉山口 Pinyin: Tánggǔlā Shānkǒu in the Tibetan ^[6]

Forty-four railway stations are to be built, among them Tanggula Mountain railway station, at 5,068 m the world's highest (Cóndor station, at 4,786 m, on the Rio Mulatos-Potosí line, Bolivia, and La Galera station at 4,781 m, in Peru, being the next highest). |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains Cóndor railway station on the Rio Mulatos-Potosí line, Bolivia, is the world's third highest station, at an altitude of 4786 m Rio Mulatos- Potosí line is a train line in Bolivia, containing Cóndor station, the world's second highest railway station (4786 m The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Galera is the third highest Train station in the Western Hemisphere with an elevation of 4781 m (15686 ft Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The Qingzang Railway project involved more than 20,000 workers and over 6,000 pieces of industrial equipment, and is considered one of China's major accomplishments of the 21st century.

Bombardier Transportation provided 361 high-altitude passenger carriages with special enriched-oxygen and UV-protection systems, delivered between December 2005 and May 2006. Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group Fifty-three are luxury sleeper carriages for tourist services. ^[7]

The construction of the railway was part of the China Western Development strategy, an attempt to develop the western provinces of China, which are much less developed than eastern China. China Western Development ( also China's Western Development, Western China Development, Great Western Development Strategy, or the Open Up the West The railway will be extended to Zhangmu via Shigatse (日喀则) to the west, and Dali via Nyingchi (林芝) to the east. Dali City ( Bai: Darl•lit; Hani: Dafli) is a County-level city in Dali Prefecture, Yunnan province Nyingchi may refer to Nyingchi Prefecture, prefecture in Tibet Nyingchi County, county in Tibet A further extension is planned to link Shigatse with Yadong near the China-India border ^[8] (Map ^[9]). Yadong ( Tibetan: གྲོ་མོ་ Wylie: Gro mo;) is a frontier county and trade-market of Tibet, situated in the mouth of the India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The railway is considered one of the greatest feats achieved in modern Chinese history by the government, and as a result is often mentioned on regular TV programs. Chinese-Tibetan folk singer Han Hong has a song called Tianlu (Road to Heaven; 天路) praising and glorifying the Qingzang Railway. Han Hong ( Simplified Chinese: 韩红 Traditional Chinese: 韓紅 Tibetan name དབྱངས་ཅན་སྒྲོལ་མ་ Ingdzin Droma 央金卓玛

Extension to Nepal

In a meeting between Chinese and Nepalese officials on April 25, 2008, the Chinese delegation announced that country's intention to extend the Qingzang railway from Lhasa to Khasha on the Nepalese border. Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Khasas are an ancient people believed to be a section of the Indo-Iranians who originally belonged to Central Asia from where they had penetrated in remote Nepal had requested that the railway be extended to enable trade and tourism between the two nations. Construction of the extension is planned to be completed by 2013. ^[10]

Possible stations include:

• Khasa
• Xigaze
• Yatung
• Nathu La - a mountain pass near Indian state of Sikkim. The Khasas are an ancient people believed to be a section of the Indo-Iranians who originally belonged to Central Asia from where they had penetrated in remote Yadong ( Tibetan: གྲོ་མོ་ Wylie: Gro mo;) is a frontier county and trade-market of Tibet, situated in the mouth of the Nathu La ( Chinese: 乃堆拉山口 Nepali: नाथू ला IAST: Nāthū Lā;) is a Mountain pass in the Himalayas Sikkim ( Nepali:, also Sikhim) is a Landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas It is the least populous state in India
• Nyingchi - an important trading town north Arunachal Pradesh, at the tri-junction with Myanmar (1000mm gauge). Nyingchi may refer to Nyingchi Prefecture, prefecture in Tibet Nyingchi County, county in Tibet Arunachal Pradesh (अरुणाचल प्रदेश   Aruṇācal Pradeś is the easternmost state of India Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia.

• Birganj - nearest railhead in Nepal of 1676mm gauge Indian Railways

• Raxaul in Bihar state - 1667mm gauge and/or 1000mm ?

Engineering challenges

There were and are many technical difficulties for such a railway. Birganj is a sub-metropolitan municipality and border town in southern Nepal, it lies 190 km west of the capital Kathmandu, 2 km north of the border of the Indian Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. Indian Railways (भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail) abbreviated as IR (hi भारे is a Department of the Government of India under the Ministry WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Raxaul popularly known as the gate way of Nepal is an important sub-divisional town About half of the second section was built on barely permanent permafrost. This article is about frozen ground For other meanings see Permafrost (disambiguation. In the summer, the uppermost layer thaws, and the ground becomes muddy. Chinese engineers dealt with this problem by building elevated tracks with foundations sunk deep into the ground, building hollow concrete pipes beneath the tracks to keep the rail bed frozen, and using metal sun shades. Concrete is a construction material composed of Cement (commonly Portland cement) as well as other cementitious materials such as Fly ash and Slag ^[11] Similar to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System portions of the track are also passively cooled with ammonia based heat exchangers. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System ( TAPS) usually called the Alyeska Pipeline in Alaska or the Alaska Pipeline elsewhere is a major U Ammonia is a compound with the formula N[[hydrogen H3]] It is normally encountered as a Gas with a characteristic pungent Odor A heat exchanger is a device built for efficient Heat transfer from one medium to another whether the media are separated by a solid wall so that they never mix or the media

The air in Tibet is much thinner, having 35% to 40% less oxygen than at sea level. Oxygen (from the Greek roots ὀξύς (oxys (acid literally "sharp" from the taste of acids and -γενής (-genēs (producer literally begetteris the Special passenger carriages are used, and several oxygen factories were built along the railway. At this altitude in these latitudes, water in toilets must be heated to prevent freezing. The Chinese government claimed that no construction worker died during the construction due to altitude sickness related diseases. Altitude sickness, also known as acute mountain sickness ( AMS) altitude illness, or soroche, is a pathological condition that is caused by acute ^[12] The railway passes the Kunlun Mountains, an earthquake zone. The Kunlun Mountains ( Mongolian: Хөндлөн Уулс is one of the longest Mountain chains in Asia, extending more than 3000 Km. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer A magnitude 8. 1 earthquake struck in 2001. Dozens of earthquake monitors have been installed along the railway.

Economic impact

With limited industrial capacity in Tibet, the Tibetan economy heavily relies on industrial products from more developed parts of China. Transport of goods in and out of Tibet was mostly through the Qingzang Highway connecting Tibet to the adjacent Qinghai province, which was built in the early 1950s. The length and terrain have limited the capacity of the highway, with less than 1 million tons of goods transported each year. Units of mass There are three similar units of Mass called the ton: Long ton (simply ton in countries such as the United With the construction of the Qingzang railway, the cost of transportation of both passengers and goods should be greatly reduced, allowing for an increase in volume—the cost per tonne-kilometer will be reduced from 0. 38 RMB to 0. 12 RMB. It is projected that by 2010 2. 8 million tons will be carried to and from Tibet, with over 75% carried by the railway^[13]. This is expected to boost and transform the Tibetan economy.

Environmental impact

The environmental impact of the new railway is an ongoing concern. The increase in passenger traffic will result in greater tourism and economic activity on the Tibetan Plateau.

Wood is the main fuel source for rural inhabitants in certain regions of Tibet. The damage to the ecosystem caused by cutting trees for fuel takes years to recover due to slow growth caused by Tibet's harsh environmental conditions. The railway would make coal, which is not produced in Tibet, an affordable replacement. However, the increase in fuel combustion due to increased human activity in an already-thin atmosphere may affect the long term health of the local population.

The effects of this railway on wild animals such as Tibetan antelope and plants are currently unknown. "Chiru" redirects here For the Indian actor see Chiranjeevi. Thirty-three overpasses were constructed specifically to allow continued animal migration. Here is the Google Maps satellite image of one such bridge.

Criticism

Opponents of China's Tibet policies claimed that the railway was built to strengthen its political control over Tibet. ^[14]

It is alleged by these opponents that the railway will encourage further immigration from the rest of China, reducing the proportion of Tibetans in the Tibet Autonomous Region. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Tibetans find it increasingly difficult to compete in the job market against skilled Han workers (most of the workers on the railway were of the Han ethnicity). Han Chinese ( are an Ethnic group native to China and by most modern definitions the largest single Ethnic group in the world. ^[15]

Tibetans independence supporters have also expressed concerns that the Chinese government will use the railway to strengthen its military presence in the Tibet Autonomous Region as well as to further exploit Tibet's natural resources and damage its environment. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES As a result, Bombardier Transportation, a Canadian company, has faced international criticism from some pro-independence organizations for its involvement in constructing rail cars for the project. Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group ^[16][17][18]

Fleet

• 361 Bombardier Sifang Power (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd./Power Corporation of Canada/China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation High-Grade Coach - 308 standard cars and 53 special tourist cars
• GE Transportation NJ2 locomotive (78 GE designation C38AChe locomotives were built)
• Qishuyang Locomotive Factory DF8CJ 9000 series locomotive - similar to the Bombardier Transportation-GE Transportation Blue Tiger diesel electric locomotive

References

External links

• Railway map of China
• Environmental Protection Along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, US Embassy report
• The Guardian, 20 September 2005, "The railway across the roof of the world"
• Wired Magazine, July 2006, "Train to the Roof of the World"
• Tibet railway construction
• Tibet railway videos
• Actual Images published in the Wired Magazine
• CCTV report regarding the railroad
• A train travelling near the Tsonag Lake, Cuonahu railway station. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wired is a full-color monthly American Magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993 [4] [5] [6]
• "The train to Tibet", The New Yorker, 16 April 2007
• Life on the Tibetan Plateau: Train to Lhasa

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