Tibet's 1st railway to start operations

The Golmud-Lhasa section of the Qinghai-Tibet railway, will start unmanned test runs from May 1.

The Golmud-Lhasa section of the Qinghai-Tibet railway, said to be the first in Tibet, will start unmanned test runs from May 1.

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Sources from China's ministry of railways said the country would complete the construction of a number of key railway projects with an investment of 34 billion yuan (about $4 billion) in the second quarter this year, including the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet railway.

Built on the "Roof of the World" and zigzagging across 5,000 metre high mountain ranges and a 550 km long frozen belt, the Qinghai-Tibet railway is the first railway in Tibet, aiming at building closer ties between the plateau and other parts of China.