Lhasa Railway Station

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Lhasa
拉萨
China Railway
File:拉萨火车站.jpg
Lhasa Station
Location Doilungdêqên, Lhasa, Tibet
China
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Line(s) Qingzang railway
Lari railway
Platforms 4
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  • Bus terminal
Lhasatrainstation shu.jpg

Lhasa railway station (simplified Chinese: 拉萨站; traditional Chinese: 拉薩站; pinyin: Lāsà zhàn) is a railway station in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Location

The railway station lies in Niu New Area, Doilungdêqên District, 1 kilometer to the south of the Lhasa River and 5 kilometers south west of the Potala Palace.

The Liuwu Bridge links central Lhasa to Lhasa Railway Station and the newly developed Niu New Area on the south bank of the Lhasa River.[1] The bridge is one of the notable structures of the 1,142 kilometres (710 mi) Qinghai–Tibet Railway, the highest railway in the world.[2]

Schedules

5 passenger trains stop at this station each day.

Track layout

The Lhasa passenger railway station is large compared to current needs as it has four track serving two island platforms, all undercover of an overall roof. There is room for one more island platform and three more tracks.

The departure indicator shows the next four trains, in both Chinese and Tibetan. The times and train numbers are in Latin alphanumeric characters.[3]

See also

References

  1. Bishop 2008, p. 91.
  2. Bishop 2008, p. 64–65.
  3. IRSE News November 2007 Issue 129

Sources

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External links

Preceding station   China Railways.svg China Railway   Following station
towards Xining
Qinghai–Tibet Railway Terminus
Terminus Lhasa–Xigazê Railway


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