Connections Bus terminal Platforms in use 4 | Opened 1 July 2006 | |
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Location Doilungdêqên, Lhasa, Tibet
China Line(s) Qingzang railway
Lari railway Address Doilungdeqen, Lhasa, China Similar Xining railway station, Jokhang, Xining West railway st, Potala Palace, Norbulingka | ||
Lhasa railway station
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.
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Location
The railway station lies in Niu New Area, Doilungdêqên District, 1 kilometer to the south of the Lhasa River and 5 kilometers south west of the Potala Palace.
The Liuwu Bridge links central Lhasa to Lhasa Railway Station and the newly developed Niu New Area on the south bank of the Lhasa River. The bridge is one of the notable structures of the 1,142 kilometres (710 mi) Qinghai–Tibet Railway, the highest railway in the world.
Schedules
Five passenger trains stop at this station each day.
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. The times and train numbers are in Latin alphanumeric characters.