Qinghai–Tibet Railway

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The Qinghai–Tibet Railway is a high-altitude rail line in China that connects Xining in Qinghai Province to Lhasa in Tibet, renowned for traversing some of the world’s highest terrain and permafrost regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freight rail line ⓘ
passenger rail line ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
altitudeRange_m from about 2200 to over 5000 ⓘ
connects Lhasa ⓘ
Xining ⓘ
constructionStartDate 2001 ⓘ
country China ⓘ
crosses Kunlun Mountains ⓘ
Tanggula Mountains ⓘ
designedFor operation at high altitude ⓘ
electrification non-electrified ⓘ
environmentalConcern impact on fragile plateau ecosystem ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasBridge Qinghai–Tibet Railway Bridge over the Lhasa River ⓘ
Qingshuihe Bridge ⓘ
hasFacility onboard oxygen supply in passenger coaches ⓘ
sealed passenger cabins for high altitude ⓘ
hasStation Golmud Railway Station ⓘ
Lhasa Railway Station ⓘ
Nagqu Railway Station ⓘ
Xining Railway Station ⓘ
hasTunnel Fenghuoshan Tunnel ⓘ
Kunlun Mountain Tunnel ⓘ
linked to: Fenghuoshan Tunnel
highestPoint_elevation_m about 5072 ⓘ
highestPoint_name Tanggula Pass ⓘ
knownAs Qingzang Railway ⓘ
language zh ⓘ
locatedIn Qinghai Province ⓘ
linked to: Qinghai

Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
notableFeature crosses extensive permafrost regions ⓘ
high-altitude engineering ⓘ
world’s highest railway in long-distance operation ⓘ
openedForPassengerService 2006-07-01 ⓘ
openingDate 2006-07-01 ⓘ
operator China Railway ⓘ
partOf Chinese national railway network ⓘ
passesThrough Golmud ⓘ
Nagqu ⓘ
Tanggula Mountains ⓘ
purpose improve transport links to Tibet ⓘ
support economic development in Tibet ⓘ
region Qinghai–Tibet Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan Plateau
status in operation ⓘ
terminusA Xining ⓘ
terminusB Lhasa ⓘ
totalLength_km about 1956 ⓘ
trackConfiguration single track ⓘ
usesTechnology cooling systems to stabilize permafrost ⓘ
elevated track on permafrost ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tanggula Mountains → crossedBy → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Qinghai → hasRailway → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Lhasa → connectedBy → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Xining → connectedByRail → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Qinghai–Tibet Railway → knownAs → Qingzang Railway ⓘ
linked to: Qinghai–Tibet Railway
Tanggula railway station → locatedOn → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Tanggula railway station → partOf → Qinghai–Tibet Railway network ⓘ
linked to: Qinghai–Tibet Railway
Tanggula railway station → serves → Qinghai–Tibet passenger trains ⓘ
linked to: Qinghai–Tibet Railway
Nagqu → traversedBy → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Nagqu Prefecture-level City → railConnection → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Tanggula Pass → onRailway → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Hoh Xil → transportCorridor → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Golmud → traversedBy → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Lhasa River → crossedBy → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Lhasa Railway Station → partOf → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Lhasa Railway Station → railLine → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ
Xining Railway Station → locatedOn → Qinghai–Tibet Railway ⓘ