Six new lines for Qinghai-Tibet railway

Six more rail lines will be added to the Qinghai-Tibet railway to boost the region’s economy according to Wang Yongping, spokesman of the Ministry of Railways.

The six lines are expected to be completed and put into operation before 2020 but detailed plans and cost of construction have yet to be finalized.

The six new tracks include:

Lhasa to Nyingchi.
Lhasa to Xigaze, both in the Tibet autonomous region.
Then three tracks from Golmud in Qinghai province to:
Chengdu in Sichuan province.
Dunhuang in Gansu province.
Kuerle of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
The sixth will link Xining, capital of Qinghai, with Zhangye in Gansu.

Construction on the Golmud-Dunhuang section is likely to begin first. The official said experts have already been dispatched to the region to work on the route design.

Earlier reports suggested the Lhasa-Xigaze railway would be extended to link it with neighboring countries, but Wang said the ministry has no such plans as of now.
Source: China View