Passengers chat on board the first Beijing-to-Lhasa train moments before it leaves the Beijing railway station July 1, 2006. [Reuters] A train carrying about 600 passengers from Golmud, northwest ...

Customers yesterday rushed to buy tickets for the first ever train between Beijing and Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Tourists take photos at the monument marking the source of the ...

'Lhasa is more than the Unesco World Heritage Sites it boasts of. It is more than a gateway to the mighty Himalayas.' 'It is about the warmth of its people: Unsaid, unspoken, but felt everywhere,' ...

Even on her journey of a lifetime, Beijing official Yang Hong felt terrible. As the railway ministry's boss of dining services, she had to ensure that some 800 passengers on the inaugural ...

Strange things are starting to happen as the Lhasa Express chuffs across the rooftop of the world. Outside the double-glazed, UV-blocking windows, I can see black-robed Tibetan nomads tending their ...

A view from the train on the way to Tibet Feedloader (Clickability) In 2006 when the People’s Republic of China started railroad service from Beijing to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa—a 2,525-mile route ...

For the first time, travelers in Tibet can enjoy the area’s mountainous views at high-speed. A 435-kilometer (250-mile) rail line connecting Tibetan capital Lhasa with the city of Nyingchi entered ...

Day 1: Train Beijing to Lhasa(Set out in the evening of the first day). Take Train T27, depart from Beijing on 21:30. Cities you will go through today are Beijing ...

China on Tuesday added a new passenger train service to Lhasa from Guangzhou, capital of southern China's Guangdong Province, one of the longest passenger train services in the country. It takes ...