Scenic route
Qinghai–Tibet Railway
Xining → Lhasa · China
- Distance
- 1,956 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 21 h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- China Railway
- Train
- Oxygen-enriched coaches
- Countries
- China
- In service since
- 2006
The roof-of-the-world railway — 5,072 m over the Tanggula Pass on permafrost, with oxygen piped to every seat.
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