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    - Connects Lhasa to existing China rail network
    - New 1,140km stretch cost $4.2bn
    - World's highest railway, reaching 5,072m
    - Oxygen to be pumped into each carriage
    - Restaurant car's rice cooked in pressure cookers, to mitigate effects of high altitude
    - Beijing to Lhasa to take 48 hours, cost $50-$160 one way

    At its highest point, the railway will reach 5,072m (16,640ft) - beating by 225m a route through the Peruvian Andes that was previously the world's highest railway, the China Daily newspaper reports.

    In parts, the train line has been built on bridges elevated above the most unstable permafrost.

    Elsewhere, cooling pipes have been sunk into the ground to ensure it remains frozen to stabilise the tracks.

    The train carriages have windows with ultra-violet filters to keep out the sun's glare, as well as carefully regulated oxygen levels with spare supplies to combat the thin air.
    Brian (the devil incarnate)

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    Is this the railroad that will facilitate the displacement of Tibetians further?
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    • #3
      Naughty: let's keep politics out of thsi.
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      • #4
        OK. But is it?
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        • #5
          1) wow
          2) yes Umf that will be the one.
          2a) don't open the debate here. Asia really plays by different rules. you want to ask/talk about it, open a seperate thread in politics/religion.
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          • #6
            Thx. Looks like a great peace of engineering (to displace Tibetians with :d)! We could learn something from this.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Umfriend
              ...We could learn something from this.
              To displace Belgians?
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              • #8
                No, uhm, engineering...
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                • #9
                  Which part? Permafrost? Pumping oxygen into train to combat thin air?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by cjolley
                    To displace Belgians?
                    HEY! HEY!!!!


                    Read about the train. It does look impressive...


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                    • #11
                      The firstr trip, so I heard, did not go well. Ballpens leaking ink, people getting nausea etc.

                      Serves them displacers right

                      For that amount of money, we could prolly lay down, erhm, 237 km of railtrack. Seriously.
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                      • #12
                        Why not pressurized cabins?

                        Really, it's sad that someplace like Tibet is slowly losing the mystery that makes it so special. This is just another step.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by KvHagedorn
                          Why not pressurized cabins?
                          They were but I guess not enough so.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by KvHagedorn
                            Why not pressurized cabins?

                            Really, it's sad that someplace like Tibet is slowly losing the mystery that makes it so special. This is just another step.
                            You should read Michael Crichton's Travels. There's a chapter where he visits Tibet. A real eye opener. Seems all the majesty is long gone.
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                            • #15
                              Not sure it ever was that majestic for the 73% or so who were serfs. OTOH, under PC rule, some 100% were I guess...
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