Lhasa Railway Station

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Lhasa Station
拉萨站
Lhasa railway station 20060731.jpg
Lhasa Station
Location
Province Tibet Autonomous Region
(See other stations in Tibet Autonomous Region)
City Lhasa
District Doilungdêqên County
Coordinates 29°37′30″N 91°04′07″E / 29.625°N 91.06861°E / 29.625; 91.06861
History
Pinyin Code Lasa
Rail services
Line(s) Qingzang railway
No. of platforms 4
Aiga bus inv.svg Major bus terminal(s) attached to the station
Lhasatrainstation shu.jpg

Lhasa railway station (simplified Chinese: 拉萨站; traditional Chinese: 拉薩站; pinyin: Lāsà zhàn) is a railway station in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It lies outside the city, 1 kilometer to the south of the main river and 5 kilometers south west of the Potala Palace.

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[edit] Schedules

5 passenger trains stop at this station each day.

[edit] Track Layout

The Lhasa passenger railway station is large compared to current needs as it has four track serving two island platforms, all undercover of an overall roof. There is room for one more island platform and three more tracks.

The departure indicator shows the next four trains, in both Chinese and Tibetan, though the headings are in Chinese only. The times and train numbers are in Latin alphanumeric characters. [1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ IRSE News November 2007 Issue 129

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Preceding station   China Railways.svg China Railways   Following station
towards Xining
Qingzang Terminus
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