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Qinghai-Tibet Railway: Construction on Xining-Golmud Line 2 Starts

Published : 4:02 A.M. EST, Sep 10, 2007

On September 6^th, the construction of Xining-Golmud Line 2 of Qinghai-Tibet Railway Started. When finished, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will conclude the history without electrified railway.

The existing Xining-Golmud railway was initiated to be built in 1958 and launched in 1984, with a whole length of 834 kilometers (518 miles). To improve the transport capacity, the construction on part of the line 2 was carried out in 2005. This time, the whole section will experience construction and realize electrification.

The whole project will proceed for 5 years. After that, the transport capability of the railway will be greatly increased, and there will be 20 round-trip trains running every day, at a speed limit of 160 kilometers (99 miles) per hour.

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