The Lhasa railway station has seen
300 days of safe operation by Thursday, said a spokesman for the
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company.
The station, terminal of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, has handled 537,000
passengers and 26,300 tons of cargo since July 1, 2006, when the
station was put into operation.
Every day, four pairs of trains run on the railway, transporting
5,000 travelers between Tibet and inland cities and boosting the
travel industry of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai
Province.
(Xinhua News Agency April 27, 2007)
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