The Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the world’s highest and longest plateau railway. If traveling to Lhasa by train, you will discover that the most important part of the rail is a single-track railway: but why? | China Q&A

China is home to some of the most breathtaking railway journeys on Earth 🚆✨ From the roof of the world on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway, where tracks cross vast high-altitude plains and snow-capped mountains, to the charming Jiayang Steam Railway in rural Sichuan, where vintage locomotives wind through bamboo forests and rice terraces. Travel south and you’ll find railways threading through the dramatic mountains of Yunnan, while routes near Guilin glide past iconic karst limestone peaks straight o

China is home to some of the most breathtaking railway journeys on Earth 🚆✨ From the roof of the world on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway, where tracks cross vast high-altitude plains and snow-capped mountains, to the charming Jiayang Steam Railway in rural Sichuan, where vintage locomotives wind through bamboo forests and rice terraces. Travel south and you’ll find railways threading through the dramatic mountains of Yunnan, while routes near Guilin glide past iconic karst limestone peaks straight o

Astonishing aerial view of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's highest and longest railway built on a plateau. | China Xinhua Sci-Tech

Being called ‘railway to heaven’ and the 'sky road,' Qinghai-Tibet Railway holds the record for the world’s highest train route, reaching altitudes over 5000m. For centuries, Tibet was cut off from the outside world by its remote location, extreme climate and geographic environment. This far-flung region thwarted all but the boldest travelers and explorers, until the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in 2006, which connected Tibet to the rest of China. It is an extraordinary feat of mode

Care for a ride with us along the Qinghai-Tibet railway? Good food and #stunning sceneries are certainly part of the offer. Built on the roof of the world, literally, at an average elevation around 14,764-feet above the sea level, the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet railway overcame many of the planet's harshest natural conditions.#ByTriain | China Plus America