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Sichuan-Tibet Railway

August 26, 2025 | High-speed

More new lines approved in China

Projects receiving government approval include Shanghai - Hangzhou high-speed line.

August 11, 2025 | Infrastructure

New China - Tibet company formed

Xinjiang-Xizang Railway will operate one of five planned lines between China and Tibet.

August 9, 2021 | Asia

Chinese rail expansion set to continue

Numerous rail projects opened in China to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party at the end of June. As Andrew Benton reports, this is by no means the end of Chinese rail expansion.

June 28, 2021 | Main line

Tibet railway among new lines to open in China

Tibet's first electrified railway and Taizhou - Jinhua lines opened on June 25 while construction is complete on Hangzhou - Shaoxing - Taizhou line.

November 11, 2020 | Infrastructure

China starts work on central section of Sichuan-Tibet Railway

A mobilisation meeting for the construction the Ya’an - Nyingchi central section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway was held on November 8 at the Sejila Mountain tunnel and the Dadu River bridge.

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