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.
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