Scenic route
Lhasa–Shigatse Railway
Lhasa → Shigatse · China
Lhasa–Shigatse Railway in pictures
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- Distance
- 253 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 40 min
- Average speed
- 95 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- China Railway
- Train
- 25T plateau coaches
- Countries
- China
- In service since
- 2014
- Highest point
- 4,000 m
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
A high-altitude spur off the Qinghai–Tibet line, tunnelling through the mountains to trace the Yarlung Tsangpo canyon to Tibet’s second city.
How this line was checked
- The 250 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 3420812 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 3 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2.5 km
- 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
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