The Chinese government is to build three more railway lines in
Tibet as extensions of the newly-completed Qinghai-Tibet Railway,
the official People's Daily said in its overseas edition
Thursday.
The new lines would link the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, with
Nyingchi to the east, and Xigaze to the west, while the third will
link Xigaze with Yadong, a major trading town on the China-India
border.
The report gave no source, but an earlier report by the China
News Service quoted an official with the Tibet Autonomous
Region.
The new lines would be built in 10 years, and increase Tibet's
total railway length to more than 2,000 kilometers, the report
said.
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, running more than 1,100 kilometers
from Golmud in neighboring Qinghai Province to Lhasa, will open on
July 1.
It is believed the first railway in Tibet will greatly boost the
development of Tibet and its exchanges with other Chinese
regions.
(Xinhua News Agency June 29, 2006)