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Overview of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway

Building the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a strategic decision made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council at the beginning of the new century, and it is a landmark project for the development of the western region, which is of great significance to speeding up the economic and social development of the two provinces of Qinghai-Tibet, enhancing national unity and benefiting people of all ethnic groups. The railway was opened to traffic at 9: on July 1, 26.

the Qinghai-Tibet railway runs from Xining city in Qinghai province to Lhasa city in Xizang Autonomous Region, with a total length of 1,956 kilometers. Among them, Xining-Golmud section is 814 kilometers long, which was completed and paved in 1979 and put into operation in 1984. The Golmud-Lhasa section under construction starts from Golmud City, Qinghai Province and runs south along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway to Lhasa City, the capital of Xizang Autonomous Region, with a total length of 1,142 kilometers, including 1,11 kilometers of new construction and 32 kilometers of reconstruction of the existing line from Golmud to Nanshankou. The construction of Qinghai-Tibet Railway is facing the severe challenges of permafrost, cold and lack of oxygen and fragile ecology. The project is arduous, demanding and difficult.

the Qinghai-Tibet railway started construction on June 29th, 21, with an investment of 1.18 billion yuan in that year. The reconstruction of the existing line from Golmud to Nanshankou was completed, the subgrade from Nanshankou to Wangkun was basically formed, and the frozen soil test section started, which achieved the first victory. In 22, the investment was 5.32 billion yuan; The main project under the line from Golmud to Wangkun was completed, the main project under the line from Wangkun to Chumar River was basically completed, and more than 8% of the main project under the line from Chumar River to Buqiangge was completed; Track laying began on June 29th, and it reached Kunlun Mountain smoothly at the end of the year. This year is an all-round year for the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, with an annual planned investment of 5.6 billion yuan. By the end of July, the total investment was 2.39 billion yuan, and the total construction started was 8.89 billion yuan. At present, the frozen soil project in the north of Tanggula Mountain is taking intensive measures, laying rails and erecting beams to advance to the hinterland of the plateau, and key projects in the ridge-crossing section and Donnan section of Tanggula Mountain have started, and the all-round battle has reached a climax.

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is known as "the roof of the world" and "the roof of the world of the earth", and it is the source of rivers and rivers in China. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, built in this primitive, unique, fragile and sensitive geographical and ecological environment, has the highest altitude and the longest route in the world. The highest point of the railway crossing Tanggula Mountain is 572 meters above sea level, passing through a section above 4 meters above sea level for 96 kilometers, and continuing for more than 55 kilometers in permafrost regions. Effectively protecting the ecological environment in the construction of Qinghai-Tibet Railway is an important task of Qinghai-Tibet Railway construction, and it is also the focus of attention at home and abroad. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to the ecological environment protection of Qinghai-Tibet Railway construction. Comrade Zhu Rongji demanded that the State Council's spirit of strengthening the protection of the ecological environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau should be conscientiously implemented, and that the ecological environment of Qinghai and Tibet should be taken care of, and every grass and tree in Qinghai and Tibet should be carefully protected. It points out the direction for doing a good job in ecological environment protection of Qinghai-Tibet railway construction.

China Broadcasting Network, Beijing, May 2, 27 The Qinghai-Tibet Railway Construction Department told reporters on the 1st that all stations and auxiliary tracks of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway have been laid with the concerted efforts of all the participants. At this point, all tracks along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway have been laid.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the 1,142km track of the main line of the Golmud-Lhasa section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was completely paved last year. Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a landmark project for the development of western China. The project started construction in June 21 and will be put into trial operation on July 1 this year.

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the highest railway in the world at present. The average annual temperature along the railway is below zero degrees Celsius, and the oxygen content in the air is only half that of the plain area. The railway crosses the section above 4 meters above sea level for 96 kilometers, of which the highest point crossing Tanggula Mountain reaches 572 meters above sea level. In order to open the Qinghai-Tibet Railway as soon as possible, tens of thousands of builders across the Qinghai-Tibet Railway have given up holidays and other rest time and are busy with the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

Experts say that the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway will further accelerate the economic development of Tibet and Qinghai provinces, and the history of "going abroad is easier than entering Tibet" will never return, and railway transportation will greatly reduce the cost of passenger and freight transportation in and out of Tibet.

The opening of "Tianlu" will make the "roof of the world" no longer far away

The trial operation of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway freight car, the highest plateau railway in the world, was fully started on the 1st. The opening of this railway will change the lifestyle of 2.7 million Tibetan residents, including their cooking methods.

In front of the tent of a herdsman in Dangxiong County, Xizang Autonomous Region, Sang Zhuo Ma, a 16-year-old Tibetan girl, smiled and told reporters, "When the train passes, we can cook without cow dung."

In the vast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the cold winter takes up most of the year. In the long eight months, due to the lack of coal resources, cow dung is the main fuel for herders on the plateau. However, the long-term and massive burning of cow dung deprived the grassland of the ideal fertilizer.

After the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, 75% of the materials going in and out of Tibet will be borne by the railway, thus changing the shortcomings of long distance, high freight rate and great loss in the past road transportation.

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as the roof of the world of the earth, is famous for its high altitude, thin air, low oxygen content, strong ultraviolet rays, perennial snow and complex climate. American modern train traveler Paul? "With the Kunlun Mountains, the railway will never reach Lhasa," Taylor wrote in his book Traveling in China.

after four years of hard work and overcoming many rare scientific and technological problems, the Qinghai-Tibet railway was completed last year and will be put into trial operation on July 1 this year. Because it crosses the highest plateau in the world, this railway is also called "Heavenly Road".

In the eyes of Tibetan people who have lived on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for generations, this magical railway can not only bring in the scarce coal on the plateau, but also transport the skins out. Perhaps one day, herders who have been grazing for generations can take a train to see the outside, and their distance from the world will be shortened.

Soco, a 52-year-old Tibetan, is the owner of a small restaurant in Lhasa. He said: "After the railway is opened to traffic, the first thing I want to do is to take my wife to take a train trip to the capital Beijng Tours-Private One-day Tour from home, and then go to more places to have a look!"

Tourism experts believe that the Qinghai-Tibet Railway will become a "golden tourist route" with unlimited business opportunities.

Huang Difu, commander of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Construction Headquarters, said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway will connect the Silk Road with the Potala Palace and become a new golden tourist hotline in western China. Today, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces and regions have held consultations with Tibet on the development of tourism.

Soco said, "When tourists from all over the world come in, my small restaurant will be more prosperous!"

According to the research and forecast of Tibet Academy of Social Sciences and Institute of Industrial Economics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the number of tourists to Tibet is expected to reach 5,282,4 in 21, and the direct income of the tourism industry will reach 5.8 billion yuan. In 25, Tibet received 1.8 million domestic and foreign tourists and earned 1.93 billion yuan in tourism revenue.

Huang Difu also told reporters that the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company plans to open a luxury tourist train, passing through world-famous scenic spots such as Qinghai Lake, Kunlun Mountain, Hoh Xil, Sanjiangyuan, Northern Tibet Grassland and Potala Palace.

In order to help tourists cope with the possible altitude sickness, the train will be equipped with special oxygen supply equipment. After the completion, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway will also use infrared monitoring system, so as to be unattended in the plateau area and keep it open to traffic all day.

in addition, the company will also start the garbage collection system and garbage collection train to transport the domestic garbage generated along the way to Lhasa or Golmud for treatment.

the Qinghai-Tibet railway, which starts from Xining city in Qinghai province and ends in Lhasa city in Xizang Autonomous Region in the west, has a total length of nearly 2, kilometers. After the opening, the speed of the train will reach 12 kilometers per hour in general sections, and the ride time from Golmud to Lhasa will not exceed 12 hours.

Qinghai-Tibet Railway was put into trial operation in July, 26.

On April 23, 26, according to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company, the train from Golmud to Lhasa on July 1, 26 will provide passengers with two modes of oxygen supply, namely, diffuse oxygen supply and oxygen mask oxygen supply, so as to minimize the lack of oxygen in the train.

Ma Baocheng, deputy general manager of Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company, said that according to the lack of oxygen along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company, Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company will try its best to create a comfortable "internal environment" in the train compartment. There are two sets of oxygen supply modes in the train compartment, one is dispersion support mode, which is similar to "central air conditioning", which will make the oxygen content in the whole carriage reach more than 8% in the plain area. Another set of oxygen supply method is the oxygen mask set next to the passenger's seat. If the passenger feels that there is still hypoxia in the carriage, he can take off the oxygen mask and directly inhale oxygen.

in addition, each train after operation will be equipped with a doctor and a nurse to take emergency measures in the train.

The first "Qing 1" passenger train to Tibet departed from Golmud Railway Station in Qinghai at 9: a.m. on July 1, 26, heading for Lhasa, Xizang Autonomous Region. This is the first passenger train to Lhasa, marking the beginning of the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

The entire "Tianlu" on the plateau was opened to traffic on July 1, 26, a day destined to be written into history. On this day, the history of no passenger trains in Tibet was rewritten. On the 1st, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Celebrations "Qing 1" and "Zang 2" departed from Golmud and Lhasa respectively, and the train boarded the Qinghai-Tibet Railway for the first time. At : 13 on the 2nd, the "Zang 2" passenger train on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway from Lhasa to Lanzhou arrived safely in Golmud after a 13-hour and 1-minute journey. This marks the opening of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the plateau railway with the highest altitude and the longest route mileage in the world.

at : 31 on the 2nd, the "Qing 1" train from Golmud to Lhasa arrived in Lhasa safely. From 11: 5 on the 1st to arriving in Lhasa, the "Qing 1" train passed 45 stations along the way, which lasted 13 hours and 26 minutes.

The trains into and out of Tibet started successively

At 7: 2 on the 1st, Golmud Railway Station. Hundreds of passengers with tickets for the first passenger train to Tibet, the "Qing 1" train, began to board the train one after another. At 8: 3, the passengers basically boarded the bus. At 9 o'clock, the door closed. Twelve reporters from Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television were allowed to board the first train to Tibet for real-time reporting.

at 11: 5 on the 1st, with a long whistle, the "Qing 1" train set off for Lhasa.

Seven minutes later-at 11: 12 on the 1st, the Tibetan Railway "Zang 2" passenger train from Lhasa to Lanzhou also started slowly, leaving the No.1 platform of Lhasa Railway Station, with more than 7 passengers on board.

Gayang, a herdsman from Naqu, northern Tibet, who watched the train whistle slowly away, said, "From riding a horse, taking a car to taking a train, the dream of our ancestors for thousands of years has never been realized in my generation!"

The plateau scenery is beautiful

At 12: 4 on the 1st, the first train "Qing 1" entering Tibet passed through the Kunlun Mountain Tunnel; At 13: 2, I passed qingshui river bridge. The reporter saw at the scene that the terrain around qingshui river bridge is flat and the vision is wide, so it is hard to see the end of the bridge at a glance. When the train arrived, several mountain patrol members, such as Wenga and Gama from Sonan Dajie Protection Station of Hoh Xil Reserve Administration, paid attention to the train.

Since then, the "Qing 1" train has successively passed the stations such as Jade Everest, No Frozen Spring, Chumar River, Wudaoliang, Ri 'aqiqu, Tuotuo River, Tongtianhe, Yanshiping and Buqiangge ... just like a long dragon crossing the vast plateau, it broke the tranquility of the ancient wasteland.

the train is heading south. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it snows, and sometimes a rainbow appears outside the window. People really experienced the weather of "ten miles in different days" on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The snow-capped mountains are endless, and the unique scenery on the plateau attracts people's attention and "occupies" the storage space of many digital camera memory cards.

Train sets a new record in railway history

The "Tibet 2" train leaving Tibet is also a "crossing the border" all the way, heading straight north.

at 14: 51 on the 1st, after more than 31 kilometers, the train passed the Naqu Railway Station, an important town in northern Tibet.

at 17: 35 on the 1st, the "Tibet 2" passenger train slowly passed the Tanggula station at an altitude of 568 meters. This is the first time that a passenger train has passed the highest railway station in the world.

at 17: 38 on the 1st, the train smoothly crossed the highest point of the world railway at an altitude of 572 meters at a speed of 84 kilometers per hour. More than 7 people on board were fortunate to be the first passengers to pass the highest point of the world railway and reach the highest railway station in the world by passenger train.

Zabawanda, a Tibetan tourist, said, "It's a miracle that the train can pass through Tanggula, a place where even animals can't survive." Passenger Zhou Jun said with deep feelings: "I stand at the highest point of the world railway and feel extremely proud."

at 18: 5 on the 1st, the first train "Qing 1" entering Tibet and the first train "Zang 2" leaving Tibet successfully "passed by" at Buqiangge Station. People cheered, because it means that the Golmud-Lhasa section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has undergone a complete inspection of passenger trains.

There are no more railways and trains in Tibet.

After "rubbing shoulders", the two trains each headed for their destination on the inspected railway.

at 19: 31 on the 1st, the "Zang 2" passenger train leaving Tibet went like lightning, and successfully passed the first bridge at the source of the Yangtze River-Tuotuo River Yangtze River Source Bridge and Tuotuo River Station. At 2: 23, the train arrived at the Fenghuoshan Tunnel. At 2: 46, the train passed through Chumar River Station. At 2145 hours, they arrived in qingshui river bridge. At 22: 2, we passed the Kunlun Mountain Tunnel, the longest plateau frozen soil tunnel in the world.

at 21: 18 on the 1st, the "Qing 1" train passed Naqu Station, crossed the northern Tibet Plateau and went straight to Lhasa. In the city of Lhasa, the sound of salutes and fireworks are blooming, and people are eagerly waiting for the trains ...

The opening of the entire Qinghai-Tibet Railway has ended the history of Xizang Autonomous Region without railways and trains. Liu Zhijun, Minister of Railways, said that this will certainly provide strong support for the large-scale development of the western region and promote comprehensive and coordinated economic and social development.

the longest Qinghai-Tibet Railway

■ The railway with the highest altitude and the longest route in the world

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway starts from Xining City, Qinghai Province and ends in Lhasa City, the capital of Xizang Autonomous Region, with a total length of 1,956 kilometers.

The Golmud-Lhasa section of the second phase of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway under construction, with a total length of 1,118 kilometers, is a landmark project for China's western development. The Gela section starts from Golmud, a new industrial city in the Qaidam Basin in western Qinghai Province, passes through Nachitai, Kunlun Mountain, Wudaoliang, Tuotuo River and Yanshiping, crosses Tanggula Mountain, and then passes through Amdo, Naqu, Dangxiong and Yangbajing on the northern plateau of Tibet, all the way south to Lhasa. It will cross more than 55 kilometers of permafrost, with an average elevation of more than 4,5 meters, and the highest track will cross the sea.