China’s Sichuan Tibet Railway is one of the most extreme rail projects ever attempted, spanning 1,629 km across the Tibetan Plateau with 72 tunnels and hundreds of bridges. This video breaks down the ...

NPR's Rob Gifford reports China is in the process of building a railroad through some of its harshest terrain, to reach the remote region of Tibet. The Chinese government says the project will bring ...

The controversial railway into Tibet is going to be expanded to Tibet’s second largest city, Shigatse (Xigaze), Xinhua reports: The Lhasa-Xigaze railway, with a budget of 13.3 billion yuan (1.95 ...

BEIJING, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A controversial railway to Lhasa is still losing money with passenger traffic nearly disappearing from April to June following violent demonstrations in the Tibetan capital ...

Construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, known as the highest railway in the world, has entered a crucial period, a senior official with the Ministry of Railways said Tuesday in Golmud.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday officially opened a $2-billion extension of its controversial railway into Tibet, state media reported, linking the Tibetan capital of Lhasa with a key Buddhist ...

China announced on Saturday completion of the world's highest railway, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which stretches 1,956 kilometers from Xining to Lhasa cities in western China. The announcement was ...