High-Speed Bullet Trains to Connect China With Tibet By July
China will operate bullet trains to Tibet, close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh, before July this year, a senior Chinese official has said.
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Beijing:Â China will operate bullet trains to Tibet, close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh, before July this year, marking the opening of high-speed train services to all Chinese mainland provincial-level regions, a senior official has said.
A 435-km rail link to the regional capital of Lhasa will run Fuxing high-speed trains powered by both internal combustion and electricity, Lu Dongfu, board chairman of China State Railway Group Company Limited, told state-run Xinhua news agency on Saturday.
February 27, 2021
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Anthony Rowley is a veteran journalist specialising in Asian economic and financial affairs. He was formerly Business Editor and International Finance Editor of the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review and worked earlier on The Times newspaper in London