(TibetanReview.net, Apr09’20) – Having completed building all the 47 tunnels on the Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet railway just recently, China is now to take up this year the building of the railway’s most intricate section, the Ya’an-Nyingchi railway which will connect China with Tibet by a second rail route, […]

(TibetanReview.net, Apr08’20) – China said Apr 7 it had achieved a major progress in the building of the Lhasa-Nyingchi railway within Tibet Autonomous Region with the completion of the building of all 47 tunnels under the project. The project is part of the mammoth Sichuan-Tibet Railway which is expected to […]

Nepal has ruled, following pre-feasibility studies carried out by it, that a railway line connecting it with China through Tibet is feasible, reported sputniknews.com Jan 24, citing the country’s Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali.

(TibetanReview.net, Jan03’20) – China plans to build at least 4,000 kilometres of new railway lines this year, including 2,000 km of high-speed lines, with the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, the second railway into the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) after the Qinghai-Tibet line, being a major project this year, reported […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov10’19) – After reporting big-step achievement in the building of the Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway with the completion of the construction of the Bayu Tunnel on Nov 4, China reported Nov 9 that it had also completed joining a key bridge along the same ongoing project. The […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov04’19) – China said Nov 3 that it had achieved a big step to strengthen connections between it through Tibet and South Asia with the completion of the construction of the Bayu Tunnel from Lhasa to the Nyingchi railway section of the strategic Sichuan-Tibet Railway. The report said the […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug04’19) – China said Aug 3 that it had made a huge progress on the mammoth Lhasa-Nyingchi railway project by completing on Aug 2 the construction of a pivotal tunnel on it. The Bukamu Tunnel, located in Milin (Tibetan: Miling or Manling) County of Nyingchi (Nyingtri) City, is 9,240 […]

(TibetanReview.net, May22’19) – Work on the Tibet section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, China’s second railway link to the region, is proceeding at a fast pace with work on the Chamdo section expected to begin next month, reported China’s official chinadaily.com.cn May 22. Described as the world’s most geographically challenging railway […]

(TibetanReview.net, Oct21, 2018) – China has called the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, whose building President Xi Jinping recently called for being speeded up, the most challenging railway project in the world. Its globaltimesw.cn website Oct 19 made a graphic presentation to explain how this was so, saying the railway, with 80 percent […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jun19, 2018) – After making constant calls for it over the past several years, Nepal is to take its first concrete step towards bringing the railway line in Chinese ruled Tibet to its capital Kathmandu during Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s Jun 19-24 visit to China. Several agreements will […]