Guard brigades ensure Qinghai-Xizang Railway security

Sonam Tsetan, head of one of the squads of one of the guard brigades under the Lhasa Detachment of the People's Armed Police, said since the opening of the Qinghai-Xizang Railway in 2006, they have been working hard to protect the railway while overcoming the lack of oxygen at such a high altitude.

Sonam Tsetan's squad has two guard points, with armed police on duty 24 hours a day at both ends of the bridge.

He said: "Since the squad was established in 2006, we have never experienced a single safety accident or any incidents of deliberate attacks on trains and railways along the section of the Lhasa River Super-long Bridge. It is a gateway for rails entering and departing Xizang. Due to its strategic importance, it needs strict protection."