Scenic route
Lhasa–Nyingchi Railway
Lhasa → Nyingchi · China
Oxygen-fed Fuxings trace the Yarlung Tsangpo at 3,500 m, crossing the great river 16 times between Lhasa and the peach orchards of Nyingchi.
How this line was checked
- The 402 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 7963957 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: China Railway 12306 — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Lhasa–Nyingchi Railway?
The Lhasa–Nyingchi Railway runs 435 km from Lhasa to Nyingchi.
How long does the Lhasa–Nyingchi Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 29 min for the 435 km. That is an average of 125 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Lhasa–Nyingchi Railway?
China Railway Qingzang Group, with CR200J Fuxing.
How old is the Lhasa–Nyingchi Railway?
The line has been in service since 2021. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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