First bullet train launched by China in Tibet, close to Indian border.

On Friday, China operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh. 

The Sichuan-Tibet Railway will be the second railway into Tibet after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. It will go through the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, one of the world’s most geologically active areas. 

The Sichuan-Tibet Railway starts from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province and travels through Ya’an and enters Tibet via Qamdo , shortening the journey from Chengdu to Lhasa from 48 hours to 13 hours. 

The 435.5-Km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan Tibet Railway has been inaugurated ahead of the centenary celebrations of the ruling Communist party of China on July 1.