(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, 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, 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, Jan04’19) – Tibet’s key role in China’s globally ambitious Belt and Road Initiative is set to come into play with the expected beginning of the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway in late 2019. Actually the construction has been underway at a hectic pace from both the ends since 2014. […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov29, 2018) – Chinese engineers and labourers are braving the cold and racing against time to expedite the completion of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, reported atimes.com Nov 27. Dubbed by Beijing as the most challenging railway project in the world, President Xi Jinping had on Oct 10 called for its […]

(TibetanReview.net, Oct12, 2018) – While it was previously reported that a significant Tibet stretch of the otherwise under-construction Sichuan-Tibet Railway project was yet to move beyond the drawing board due to geological complications, Chinese President Xi Jinping has on Oct 10 given the go-ahead for the speedy completion of the […]

(TibetanReview.net, Sep02, 2018) – A signification portion of the Kangding-Nyingchi (or Dartsedo-Nyingtri) section of China’s ambitious Sichuan-Tibet Railway will be tunnels, reported China’s official chinadaily.com.cn Aug 31, citing a preliminary study of the section. There will be at least 10 rail tunnels, each longer the 10 km, the report added, […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jan19, 2018) – Reporting progress in the ongoing building of China’s second railway line into Tibet, China said Jan 18 that it had completed on Jan 17 the first super long tunnel on the Sichuan-Tibet railway. The total length of the tunnel, named as Sangzhuling tunnel, is 16.449 kilometres, […]