Climb over the peak

Author: Wang Shengzhi
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: It spans the roof of the world, with a total length of 1,110 kilometers, of which 960 kilometers of the route are above 4,000 meters in altitude, with a maximum altitude of 5,072 meters. It is the highest-altitude and longest highland railway in the world. It has overcome three major global railway construction challenges: extreme cold, oxygen deficiency, and permafrost. From then on, Tibet, which accounts for one-eighth of the total area of China, will end its history of having no railways.