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_3406032717185102707519.jpg)
A man walks on the platform of Tangula
Railway Station, which is the world's highest railway station at 5,068 meters
(16,628 feet) above sea level, of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, west China's
Qinghai province, June 20, 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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