January 22, 2026
Starting from Xining in Qinghai Province in the east and ending at Lhasa in Xizang in the south, it is an important route to Tibet with a total length of 1956 kilometers, known as the Heavenly Road, and one of China's four major projects in the new century. After decades of effort, the Xining Golmud section was completed in 1984; The Gela section was officially opened for operation on July 1, 2006, overcoming three major challenges: the long permafrost zone, the lack of oxygen in the plateau, and the fragile ecology
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