China to launch luxurious tourist train for Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

UPDATED: 11:03, December 11, 2005
China to launch luxurious tourist train for Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
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People are expected to view the beautiful scenery of the Qinghai-Tibet
Plateau, dubbed "roof of the world, in luxurious train by 2007,
according to a framework agreement signed in Beijing Saturday.

The agreement, signed between the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Corporation and
the RailPartners Inc. The two firms will set up a joint venture on
operation of the tableland tour scheme.

The train will run 2,040 kilometers from Xining, capital of Qinghai
Province, to Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

It will take three days to complete the one-way travel. Stations are
built near scenery spots, according to the Qinghai-Tibet Corporation.

As orygen is thin in the region, trains, including sleeping cars,
dining car and sightseeing cars, will be equipped with oxygen system
for those who need.

Rubbish disposal system will also be installed in trains running on the
route to prevent local environment from being polluted.

The 1,142-km-long section of Qinghai-Tibet Railway from Golmud to Lhasa
has been completed on Oct. 12, 2005 and is scheduled to open to traffic
on July 1, 2006.

Source: Xinhua

This is an extremely good news ,
if the Trains in Tibet are better quality than the normal train coaches
in the rest of China,

the journey from Lanzhou to Urumqi takes a long long time , and the
coaches are not that comfortable , especially the restaurant of the
train , which is very bad .

"This is an extremely good news ,
if the Trains in Tibet are better quality than the normal train coaches

in the rest of China, the journey from Lanzhou to Urumqi takes a
long long time , and the
coaches are not that comfortable , especially the restaurant of the
train , which is very bad ."

Maybe its good news to some, but not all.
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=593

--riverman

"Komin" wrote in message
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This is an extremely good news ,
if the Trains in Tibet are better quality than the normal train coaches
in the rest of China,

the journey from Lanzhou to Urumqi takes a long long time , and the
coaches are not that comfortable , especially the restaurant of the
train , which is very bad .


Travelling is also being one with the locals -when in Rome...-
It's real fun in a soft or hard sleeper and you won't get infected from the
one toilet for all (you alle carry desinfeted towel anyway).

Ronald

the Tibet Heavenly railway should have good restaurants if it is to
attract tourists .