星空综合xingkong官网 is a symbolic project in China's West Development Strategy and plays a significant role in accelerating the social and economic development of Qinghai Province and Tibet Autonomous Region.
星空综合xingkong官网
Total length: 1,956kmOn altitude permafrost region: 550kmThe highest altitude railway station: 5072mConstruction duration: 06/2001- 07/2006Total investment: 4.8 billion USD
Tunnels in Kunlun Mountains
Started in 2001 and completed in 2006, Geermu to Lhasa Section of 星空综合xingkong官网 is the highest and the longest plateau railway section in the world. With a total length of 1,100 kilometers, of which the average altitude of 1,965-kilometer-long railway is over 4,000 meters and the highest altitude reaches 5,072 meters. CREC independently built approximately 61% of the railway and conquered the three world-class technical problems of alpine hypoxia, permafrost and fragile ecology.
Lhasa River Bridge
Awards:China Construction Engineering Luban PrizeTien Yow Jeme Civil Engineering PrizeNational Grand Prize for Progress in Science and TechnologySilver Prize for National High Quality ProjectsPrize of "Selection of 100 Classical Projects for Celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Founding of New China”
Feature:The highest-altitude railway in plateau worldwide, at 5,072m above sea levelThe longest railway in plateau, about 1,100km
