Lhasa: Southwest Chinas Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region is planning to build a total of 4,000 kilometers of railway lines as of 2025, media reports said on Friday.
As per the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) and the medium- and long-term railway network plans released by the autonomous region authority the section between Yaan in Southwest Chinas Sichuan Province and Nyingchi city in Xizang of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, the section between Xigaze and Pelku Lake in Xizang of the Xinjiang-Tibet Railway, and the section from Bomi county to Ranwu Lake of the Yunnan-Tibet Railway will be operating by 2025.
Electrification of the section from Golmud city in Northwest Chinas Qinghai Province and Lhasa city in Xizang of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway will be completed, as per Global Times.
The double-track reconstruction of the section between Pelku Lake and Hotan in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on the Xinjiang-Tibet Railway and the Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway is expected to be completed.
Construction of the railway in Gyirong county, Xigaze, is to start by 2025.
According to the plan, the unique tourism resources in Xizang are expected to attract more tourists from China and abroad with railway passenger trips in the autonomous region anticipated to reach 5.62 million by 2025 and about 9.68 million by 2035.
