Dubbed a "miracle" of engineering, the so-called Sky Train climbs to an elevation of 5,702m at the "roof of the world". The Qinghai-Tibet railway stretched before us right across the Himalayan ...

HIGH TRAIN TO TIBET / World's highest railway is breathtaking feat of engineering ... But the map in my Lonely Planet guide places it at 16,994.75 feet, which means passengers ...

the map of under construction Sichuan-Tibet railway [cqwb.com.cn] The train will have a designed speed of 200 km/h, taking about eight hours to travel the 1,629-km-long rail line between Chengdu ...

Since the Qinghai-Tibet Railway broke ground three years ago, over 40,000 locals in Nagqu area have participated in the project and got 23 million yuan (US$2.77 million) of additional income.

Since the Qinghai-Tibet Railway broke ground three years ago, over 40,000 locals in Nagqu area have participated in the project and got 23 million yuan (US$2.77 million) of additional income.

The Lhasa Railway station is closer to Lhasa, making taxi fares more affordable (it will cost you 30 yuan, or around $5 to get into town). However, your journey via train will be a lot longer ...

But if the railway has brought benefits, critics say they have not been evenly distributed. All the good jobs, they claim, are being taken by China's dominant Han people who move to Tibet to find work ...

The completion of the Tibet railway is being hailed in China as one of the world's great engineering marvels. The longest high-altitude railway in the world, it will ease access to the remote region.

Construction of the Sichuan-Tibet railway will begin this month, scol.com.cn, a Sichuan-based news portal reported Tuesday, with details on the railway's scale, direction and number of stops ...