What kind of railway is the Qinghai-Tibet Railway?

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway runs from Xining City, Qinghai Province to Lhasa City, Xizang Autonomous Region, with a total length of 1956 km.

These include:

8 14km from Xining to Golmud, 1979 completed paving and 1984 put into operation.

The Golmud-Lhasa section of Qinghai Province runs south along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway to Lhasa, the capital of Xizang Autonomous Region, with a total length of 1 142 km, of which the existing line from Golmud to Nanshankou is newly built110km and rebuilt for 32 km.