Nine Tops of the Qinghai-Tibet railway

Qinghai-Tibet railway has been finished and is about to put into trail operation. That is a legendary long line connecting the mystical Tibet highland with other parts of China and it boast 9 word railway tops. 
1. The longest railway on the highland. it starts from the Golmud in Qinghai province and ends in Lhasa for approximate 1142 kilometers. The railway run over 3000 km above sea level with more than 980 km running 4000 km above sea level.
2. Longest Frozen Earth railway. some 550 km of the railway runs on ice or frozen earh. the vulnerable feature of the frozen earh posed a major challenge to the railway;s construction.
3. Highest highland speed railway. Train speed on the frozen earh part will reach 100km/per hr and aproach 120 km/per hr on the nomal section.
4. Longest frozen channel; as long as 5010 meter
5. Highest raiulway station: the Tangula railway station is 5068 meter anove sea level.
6. longest frozen earth bridge: 11.7 kilometers

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