Times, fares announced for Tibet rail

Times, fares announced for Tibet rail
(Agencies)
Updated: 2006-06-27 17:00

The much-anticipated fares and schedules for the Qinghai-Tibet Railway were unveiled Monday. The service begins on July 1 and it will take 48 hours and a minimum of 389 yuan (US$49) by hard seat to get to Lhasa from Beijing.

A worker checks the oxygen generator room of the train for the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in Xining, west China's Qinghai province June 12, 2006. The much-anticipated fares and schedules for the Qinghai-Tibet Railway were unveiled Monday. The service begins on July 1 and it will take 48 hours and a minimum of 389 yuan (US$49) by hard seat to get to Lhasa from Beijing. [Reuters]

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