China open world's highest Qinghai-Tibet railway
Updated: 2006-07-03 07:23
A passenger plays a guitar while friends listen on board the hard seat section of the first Beijing-to-Lhasa train as it passes Xian July 2, 2006. The 4,000-km (2,500-mile) journey will reach altitudes of over 5,000 metres (16,400 feet) on the Tibetan plateau. [Reuters]
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