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. [Reuters]](xin_410603271719358780420.jpg)
A train runs on the Golmud section of
the Qinghai-Tibet Railway beneath the Kunlun Mountain, west China's Qinghai
province, June 18, 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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