China opens new expanded terminal at Lhasa airport in TibetLhasa Gonggar Airport opened its newly constructed Terminal 3 for operations on Saturday, marking a significant milestone in the remote reg...
09 Aug, 2021, 05.16 PM IST
China launches first bullet train in Tibet, close to Indian borderThe 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has been inaugurated ahead of the centenary celebrations of the ruling Com...
25 Jun, 2021, 10.44 PM IST
China to operationalise first electric train in TibetThe 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is expected to be inaugurated ahead of the centenary celebrations of the r...
24 Jun, 2021, 04.14 PM IST
China completes track-laying work for railway line in Tibet close to Arunachal PradeshLast month, President Xi Jinping instructed officials to expedite construction of the new railway project connecting Sichuan Province and L...
31 Dec, 2020, 08.16 PM IST
Xi Jinping orders advancing construction of rail line in Tibet, close to Arunachal PradeshThe Sichuan-Tibet Railway will be the second railway line into Tibet after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway project. It will go through the southe...
08 Nov, 2020, 07.13 PM IST
Himalayan railway connecting Tibet with India feasible: ChinaChina built a railway running for more than 1,100 km to connect the highland region of Tibet with the rest of the country in 2006 and exten...
05 Aug, 2016, 12.03 PM IST
China has turned Tibetan Plateau into vast military zone: CGTCChina has turned the Tibetan Plateau into a "vast military zone" deploying a large number of troops with most of them along the Indian sub-...
04 Nov, 2015, 09.19 PM IST
Alarm bells for India? China plans to build rail link with Nepal through Mount EverestBesides Nepal, China had earlier announced plans to extend its 1,956-km long Qinghai-Tibet railway network to Bhutan and India.
10 Apr, 2015, 10.13 AM IST
China plans to build rail link between Tibet-Nepal through Mount EverestThe rail line was expected to be completed by 2020. However, there was no word on the cost of the project.
09 Apr, 2015, 01.33 PM IST
China mulls high altitude expressway in Qinghai-Tibet plateauChina has already built 1956 km long Qinghai-Tibetan railway connecting Xining with Lhasa, regarded as the longest and highest plateau in t...
07 Oct, 2014, 06.26 PM IST
China opens new Tibet rail link close to SikkimChinese President Xi Jinping on Friday cleared rail link to Tibet close to Sikkim near Indian border increasing mobility of Chinese troops ...
16 Aug, 2014, 10.40 AM IST
China to build more highways, rail lines, airports in TibetThe plan is to complete a primary network of railways by then with 1,300 kilometers of railway in operation, said China's Ministry of Trans...
27 Jul, 2014, 06.41 PM IST
China to finish Tibet rail line close to Indian border soonChina will finish its rail network in Tibet up to Xigaze city located close to Indian border by next year.
08 Mar, 2013, 07.38 PM IST
- Rail link to Tibetan town near India to be completed by 2015
The extension of a landmark railway line from Tibet's capital Lhasa to its second-largest city Xigaze, located close to Indian border, is i...
17 Jan, 2012, 09.58 PM IST
- China begins extension of Tibet railway
China has begun work on an extension of the railway network connecting Tibet with the rest of the country, state media reported on Monday.
27 Sep, 2010, 12.04 PM IST
- China to add 6 new lines to Tibet railway
China is planning to build six new railway lines in and around Tibet, expanding services that the government says are improving the Himalay...
18 Aug, 2008, 11.49 AM IST
- Train tickets may be sold in post offices
A proposal for selling train tickets through post offices is under finalisation, Rajya Sabha was informed on Friday.
01 Dec, 2006, 06.30 PM IST