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| 1st passenger train leaves Shanghai for Tibet |
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| www.chinaview.cn
2006-10-01 20:42:42
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SHANGHAI, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The first passenger
train from China's leading metropolis Shanghai to Lhasa, capital of Tibet
Autonomous Region, began its 4,373 km journey on Sunday.
Carrying 592 passengers, the train, with 15 cars,
left Shanghai Railway Station at 4:11 p.m. and is expected to arrive in Lhasa at
7:50 p.m. on Tuesday.
The train, departing every other day, is composed of
two soft sleeping berth carriages, seven hard sleeping berth carriages, four
hard seaters, one dining carriage and one for staff members.
The train will be running on sections of the
Beijing-Shanghai, Lianyungang-Lanzhou, Lanzhou-Xining and Qinghai-Tibet
railways.
Sources with the Shanghai Railway Administration said
that they made careful preparations for the operation of the train services.
Train stewards had been trained on how to deal with problems related to altitude
and also been taught about Tibetan religious customs.
By Friday, the 1,956-km Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the
world's highest railway, had carried 380,500 passengers to Lhasa since entering
service on July 1, said Sun Yongfu, director of construction for the plateau
railway.
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which starts from Xining,
capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, and ends in Lhasa, is the first
railway ever to go to Tibet. Before the plateau railway began service, people
reached Tibet only via air or highway. Enditem
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