Lhasa Railway Station

Lhasa
拉萨
China Railway

Lhasa Station
Location Doilungdêqên, Lhasa, Tibet
China
Coordinates 29°37′30″N 91°04′07″E / 29.62500°N 91.06861°E / 29.62500; 91.06861
Line(s) Qingzang railway
Lari railway
Platforms 4
Connections
  • Bus terminal

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

Five 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

  • Bishop, Peter (2008-07-25). Bridge. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-469-4. Retrieved 2015-02-05. 
Preceding station   China Railway   Following station
towards Xining
Qinghai–Tibet Railway Terminus
TerminusLhasa–Xigazê Railway
Lhasa South
towards Xigazê


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