The Lhasa-Shigatse Railway (Lhasa-Shigatse Railway) is a railway running on the "top of the earth", with a total length of only 251 kilometers, but the average altitude is about 4,000 meters, and it is also called "the railway closest to the sky" by netizens. August this year coincides with the 10th anniversary of the opening of the La-Ri Railway, let us focus on Shigatse, the southwestern border of the motherland, and visit this most beautiful railway in the hometown of Mount Everest.
The picture shows the Fuxing train running on the Lazh Railway Photo: Kim Yoo-hoon
After the opening of the La-Ri Railway, the bus journey between the two places has been shortened from 6 hours to less than 2.5 hours, and taking the train has become the first choice for the local people.
The picture shows the train crew of the Lari Railway serving passengers Photo: Ma Shengming
The railway department combined with the regional characteristics of the La-Ri Railway to create a service brand of "Tianlu Gesang Flower · Mount Everest", and launched Tibetan-Chinese bilingual, special catering, altitude sickness prevention and other convenient measures, which were favored by passengers.
The picture shows the Brahmaputra River outside the window of the La-Ri Railway Photo: Ma Shengming
There are six famous ditches along the La-Ri Railway, namely Everest, the world's highest peak, and the Himalayas, the "Little Jiangnan of Tibet...... It is a world-class tourist golden route. According to statistics, in 2023, Shigatse will receive 10.0356 million tourists, a year-on-year increase of 126%, and the number of tourists will exceed 10 million for the first time, achieving a tourism income of 5.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 112%.
The picture shows Shigatse Railway Station Photo: Ma Shengming
As a national historical and cultural city, Shigatse has a rich cultural and folk heritage. Zongshan Castle has a long history, Tibetan opera exhibitions are moving, intangible cultural heritage exhibitions are beautiful, and Guozhuang dances are danced...... Along the route, the La-Ri Railway brings together the classics of Tibetan tourism culture and the best of culture and art, and the "Everest Cultural Tourism Festival" has become a cultural brand of Shigatse.
The picture shows the Fuxing train running on the Lazh Railway Photo: Kim Yoo-hoon
The La-Ri Railway is like a golden Hada, and the "Fuxing" train is like a green dragon. A railway, a bullet train, through the sea of Gesang flowers, galloping on the snowy road, connecting Tibet's beautiful natural landscape and magnificent and colorful folk culture, the foot of Mount Everest Shigatse is dyed with extraordinarily charming. At the memorable moment of the 10th anniversary of the opening of the La-Ri Railway, this plateau railway is showing the world the vitality and vitality of Tibet's high-quality development in the new era with a new attitude, new image and new service.
The picture shows the crew of the Lari Railway providing assistance to passengers Photo: Ma Shengming
"Discover the most beautiful railway" is actually "discover the most beautiful China". Let's meet in the beautiful Tibet, check in the hometown of Mount Everest, appreciate the great rivers and mountains of the motherland during the beautiful journey, experience the thousand-year-old history and culture, and witness the new atmosphere of China, which is steaming, energetic, open, inclusive and confident! (China Tibet Network Correspondent/Ma Wen)