摘要
The Lhasa-Shigatse Railway,the second railway in Tibet Autonomous Region and also an extension of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway,was officially put into use on August 15,2014.The 251 kilometers railway links the regional capital Lhasa and Shigatse,the second-largest city in the region.It has a total of 14 stops including Lhasa,Xierong,Chushur,Nyemo。
The Lhasa-Shigatse Railway, the second railway in Tibet Autonomous Region and also an extension of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, was officially put into use on August 15, 2014, The 251 kilometers railway links the regional capital Lhasa and Shigatse, the second-largest city in the region. It has a total of 14 stops including Lhasa, Xicrong, Chushur, Nyemo, Rinbtmg and Shigatse and reduces the travel time from the current six hours by highway to around three hours. The first passenger train left Lhasa for Shigatse at 9 a.m. August 16, 2014.
