The Qinghai-Tibet railway is a high-elevation railway that connects Xining, Qinghai Province to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
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The
length of the railway is 1,215 miles
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Passenger
trains can carry between 800 and 1,000 passengers during peak season
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The line includes the Tanggula Pass, which at 16,640 feet (3.15
miles) above sea level, is the world’s highest point on a railway
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Tanggula railway station at 16,627 feet is the world’s highest
railway station
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The 4,390-foot long Fenghuoshan tunnel is the highest rail tunnel
in the world at 16,093 feet above sea level
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44
stations
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675
bridges totaling 99.34 miles
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The
operational speed is 75 miles per hour and 62 miles per hour over sections
laid on permafrost
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The
line has a capacity of 8 pairs of passenger trains
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The
passenger carriages used on Lhasa trains are specially built and have an
oxygen supply for each passenger.
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Every
passenger train has a doctor
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| Tanggula railway station is the highest railway station
in the world |
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