Bullet trains launch on Xining-Golmud section of Qinghai-Tibet Railway

The Fuxing bullet train, with a designed speed of 160 km per hour, is designed for the high-altitude and low-temperature environment along the Xining-Golmud section. With the performance of anti-ultraviolet light, anti-wind and sand, it can meet the operation needs of 3,500 meters above sea level.

In July 2006, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway linking Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, and Xining went operational, ending the pre-railways period in Tibet.