Lhasa Railway Station

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Lhasa Station
拉萨站
Lhasa Station
Location
Province Tibet
(See other stations in Tibet)
City Lhasa
County Doilungdêqên
Coordinates29°37′30″N 91°04′07″E / 29.62500°N 91.06861°E / 29.62500; 91.06861
History
Pinyin Code Lasa
Station statistics
Line(s) Qingzang railway
No. of platforms 4
Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station

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. It lies in Liuwu New Area, Doilungdêqên County, 1 kilometer to the south of the main river and 5 kilometers south west of the Potala Palace.

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 Han Chinese and Tibetan. The times and train numbers are in Latin alphanumeric characters.[1]

See also

  • Lhasa
  • Qingzang railway
  • List of stations on Qingzang railway

References

  1. IRSE News November 2007 Issue 129

External links

Preceding station   China Railways   Following station
towards Xining
Qinghai–Tibet Railway Terminus
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