09 August 2006
Railway to extend to Shigatse within three years
Xinhua reports that the newly-built railway to Tibet will be extended some 270 km from Lhasa to Shigatse, the TAR’s second largest city. The project is expected to take three years, said Yu Yungui, executive vice commissioner with the Administrative Office of Shigatse Prefecture, at a press conference in Lhasa. , Yu said. About 3,500 tourists have visited Shigatse every day since the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet railway on 1 July 2006, he said.