All aboard! Step inside a carriage on the Qinghai-Tibet railway, the highest railroad in the world. | China Plus Culture

Breathtaking scenery: Aerial view of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, world's highest and longest plateau railroad. It's the first railway connecting Tibet Autonomous Region with other parts of China, and has helped drive double-digit growth in the region. | China Xinhua News

Being called ‘railway to heaven’ and the 'sky road,' Qinghai-Tibet Railway holds the record for the world’s highest train route, reaching altitudes over 5000m. For centuries, Tibet was cut off from the outside world by its remote location, extreme climate and geographic environment. This far-flung region thwarted all but the boldest travelers and explorers, until the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in 2006, which connected Tibet to the rest of China. It is an extraordinary feat of mode

Another railway tunnel on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau complete #MadeInChina The Zharao railway tunnel, one of six tunnels listed as greatest risk along the Lhasa-Linzhi railway, was completed on Monday, marking a significant step forward in solving key railway construction problems on the 3,000-meter high area. The 4,836-meter long tunnel is a high-risk, difficult project with a rock blasting area of 38.4%. The engineers had to tackle a complicated geological condition for a very short length of const

Modern engineering feats are central to the development of the US – from the Hoover Dam and Golden Gate Bridge to the Transcontinental Railroad built largely by Chinese immigrants. Similarly, in Tibet, 16,000 feet above sea level, rests the world’s highest railway station – just one stop on the 2,000 mile-long Qinghai-to-Tibet Railway that crosses plateaus and snakes through mountains. Its construction battled frozen soil, fragile ecology, and limited oxygen. But since opening in 2006, it has br