More than 1 crore passengers flowed through Shigatse Railway Station in the last ten years – Dainik Savera Times
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The railway has a total of 14 stations. The speed of the train is 120 kilometers per hour. Its construction was completed and operation started in August 2014. Wang Qishan, secretary of the CPC Committee of Shigatse Station of Lhasa-Shigatse Railway, said that the railway station is always committed to providing good quality service for passengers.
During the Spring Festival travel period this year, Shigatse Station is expected to handle 63 thousand passengers. It is reported that since the Lhasa-Shigatse Railway began operation, passenger traffic at Shigatse Railway Station has been increasing year by year. The annual passenger count is expected to increase from 1.32 lakh in 2014 to 6.63 lakh in 2023, an increase of almost 6 times.
Local Tibetan people say that along with the fast and convenient train service through this railway, it has also helped them a lot in traveling outside. According to Wang Qishan, Secretary of the Station CPC Committee, the Lhasa-Shigatse Railway not only provides convenient and safe transportation for local people, but also injects new vitality into the fields of economic development, tourism development, ethnic unity, poverty alleviation and so on.
(Credits- China Media Group, Beijing)
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