Passengers chat on board the first Beijing-to-Lhasa train moments before it leaves the Beijing railway station July 1, 2006. [Reuters] A train carrying about 600 passengers from Golmud, northwest ...

Construction of the 435km train corridor, also the first electrified railroad in Tibet linking the two cities had begun in 2014, Lu Dongfu, chairperson of China State Railway Group Company and a ...

'Lhasa is more than the Unesco World Heritage Sites it boasts of. It is more than a gateway to the mighty Himalayas.' 'It is about the warmth of its people: Unsaid, unspoken, but felt everywhere,' ...

China's new train from Beijing to Tibet arrived in the ancient capital of Lhasa Monday, ending its maiden journey after climbing to elevations so high that ballpoint pens and packaged foods burst.

Day 1: Train Beijing to Lhasa(Set out in the evening of the first day). Take Train T27, depart from Beijing on 21:30. Cities you will go through today are Beijing ...

A stage decorated with flowers and color banners has been built on the square in front of Lhasa Railway Station for a celebration receiving the first train scheduled to arrive Saturday evening. The ...

Lhasa - China's first train from Beijing to Tibet arrived in the Tibetan capital on Monday at the end of a two-day journey on the world's highest railway. Girls in track suits and traditional Tibetan ...