Sichuan-Tibet railway progress picks up steam

The building of the Sichuan-Tibet railway is picking up steam, with construction work on nine new stations on the Lhasa-Nyingchi section in the Tibet autonomous region to begin soon, according to railway authorities.

The Office of the Leading Group of Railway Construction and Operation in Lhasa, Tibet's regional capital, said last week that the nine stations will be built by China Railway Construction Group and China Railway Construction Engineering Group, which won the bidding for the project, but the exact date that work will commence has yet to be determined.

An earlier report by Lhasa Radio and TV Station on one of its WeChat accounts said work on the stations was expected to begin this month and will be completed by the end of next year.