China launches first bullet train in Tibet, close to Indian border

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

The first electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet has connected the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh.

The 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has been inaugurated ahead of the centenary celebrations of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) on July 1

China on Friday operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh.

The 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has been inaugurated ahead of the centenary celebrations of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) on July 1.

The first electrified railway in Tibet Autonomous Region opened Friday morning, linking Lhasa with Nyingchi as "Fuxing" bullet trains enter official operation on the plateau region, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The Sichuan-Tibet Railway will be the second railway into Tibet after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. It will go through the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, one of the world's most geologically active areas.

In November, Chinese President Xi Jinping had instructed officials to expedite construction of the new railway project, connecting Sichuan Province and Nyingchi in Tibet, saying the new rail line would play a key role in safeguarding the border stability.

The Sichuan-Tibet Railway starts from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, and travels through Ya'an and enters Tibet via Qamdo, shortening the journey from Chengdu to Lhasa from 48 hours to 13 hours.

Nyingchi is prefecture-level city of Medog which is adjacent to the Arunachal Pradesh border.

China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of South Tibet, which is firmly rejected by India. The India-China border dispute covers the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Qian Feng, director of the research department at the National Strategy Institute at Tsinghua University, told the official daily Global Times earlier that "If a scenario of a crisis happens at the China-India border, the railway will provide a great convenience for China's delivery of strategic materials.

China launches first bullet train in Tibet, close to Indian border

The first electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet has connected the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh.

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[FuturePAF]

This rail line and its full potential is really scaring the Indians. Considering, if the following Indian video’s Chinese planned rail map is true, the full extent of the Chinese efforts in Tibet, including their dam building plans, the Indians are justified in being scared.

All China need now, IMHO, it a series of OTH radars coupled with the planned LEO satellites with their high speed high bandwidth comms and LEO imaging satellites to spot enemy air, sea, and land movements hundreds of not thousands of miles away.

 

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Excellent

 

[FuturePAF]

The more China can bring to India’s eastern border, the fewer forces they have to direct at Pakistan.

 

[OIO]

After the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is completed, it will have a greater impact.

 

[Saudang]

The more China can bring to India’s eastern border, the fewer forces they have to direct at Pakistan.

I guess someone is really worried about the two front war possiblity on the west border and in the Pacific Ocean... And its not India..

For Pakistan, it will be busy with the upcoming Afghan Civil war for next few years, truly deja vu moment..

 

[Titanium100]

Woah this great news for CN. China can now bring gazilions of forces into the Indian borders logisitcally easy and smooth

 

[FuturePAF]

I guess someone is really worried about the two front war possiblity on the west border and in the Pacific Ocean... And its not India..

For Pakistan, it will be busy with the upcoming Afghan Civil war for next few years, truly deja vu moment..

Call it whatever you want, but India has recently moved 50,000 additional troops to the LAC.

 

[shanlung]

After the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is completed, it will have a greater impact.

*WANG SUI WANG WANG SUI 萬歲 萬 萬歲*

 

[beijingwalker]

China's high-speed train in Tibet carries out maiden military mission: Report
The newly opened Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway carried new recruits of a combined arms brigade affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command to an exercise field at an elevation of 4,500 meters.
PTI | , Beijing
PUBLISHED ON AUG 04, 2021 10:24 PM IST

China's recently launched high-speed train connecting Tibet's provincial capital Lhasa with strategically located Nyingchi, a Tibetan town situated close to Arunachal Pradesh border, has been used for its first military transporting mission, official media here reported.

The newly opened Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway carried new recruits of a combined arms brigade affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command to an exercise field at an elevation of 4,500 meters, state-run Global Times reported on Wednesday.

This is the first time the Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway, an important part of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, has hosted a troop transport mission which marks another step forward on the systematic development of China's military transport, the daily quoted js7tv.cn, a news website affiliated with the PLA.

The high-speed railway serves as a boost to the capability of the PLA, the daily quoted analysts as saying.

The high speed train was part of China’s efforts to beef up border infrastructure which included well-developed road, rail and air networks for rapid movement of troops.

On July 23, President Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Nyingchi, becoming the first top Chinese leader to visit the Tibetan border town and travelled to Lhasa by high-speed train. It was also his first visit to Tibet as President.

Opened on June 25, the 435-kilometre-long railway line has a designed speed of 160 km per hour. It reduces the travel time from Lhasa to Nyingchi from 5 hours to approximately 3.5 hours.

China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of South Tibet, which is firmly rejected by India. The India-China border dispute covers the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC). PTI KJV ZH AKJ ZH ZH

China's high-speed train in Tibet carries out maiden military mission: Report

The newly opened Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway carried new recruits of a combined arms brigade affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command to an exercise field at an elevation of 4,500 meters.

www.hindustantimes.com

 

[beijingwalker]

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