XINING, China -- September 01, 2026 -- The Qinghai-Xizang Railway, a 1,956-kilometer line linking Xining in Qinghai province to Lhasa in the Xizang autonomous region, has carried 104 million passenger trips and moved more than 824 million tonnes of cargo since opening. The Golmud-Lhasa section, which opened on July 1, 2006 at an average elevation of 4,440 meters, has now completed two decades of continuous operation. Science and Technology Daily detailed the engineering systems, developed with support from China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.
