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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 16, 2022 | Infrastructure

China revives rail link to Nepal

Route connecting Tibet with Kathmandu to be studied.

May 24, 2022 | Infrastructure

China to electrify 1136km Golmud - Lhasa line

The project will plug a major gap in China’s electrified network in the west of the country.

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.

April 9, 2020 | Infrastructure

Milin tunnel holed through on Sichuan-Tibet railway

THE 11.56km Milin tunnel has been holed through on the 435km Sichuan-Tibet railway which will connect Lhasa with Nyingchi in southeast Tibet.

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