Highest Train in the World
Being a big train fan, I was excited to hear that the Chinese are constructing a railway line that will run from Golmud to Lhasa. The name of the line is called the Qinghai-Tibet railway. Yesterday, the country began testing the line at Kunlun Mountain, which is an astonishing 4,757 metres above sea level. Once the link to Lhasa is complete (scheduled for June of 2006), this railway line will be the highest in the world. The proposed opening date is set for some time in 2007.
This is incredible. I can't wait to go back to China and take this train. I've known about it for 20 minutes and it's already near the top of my travel to-do list. I bet the pictures and scenery would be spectacular.
posted by kent @ 1:00 a.m.
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Trains...they are my passion. i love them, one of my hobbies is the electric trains, i have big collection of them at home, now i miss them a lot...
thanks Kent for that post, really interesting
as an extra information, there is in Peru a train who travels above 3350 mts over sea level, i did that trip, was amazing, but i'm pretty sure that the new "sky train" is better...
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