China: The Qinghai–Tibet Railway | Scenic Rail Journey Ep 13

Travel far, see the world. In Episode 13 of TradingRight · The Scenic Rail Journey we ride the highest railway in the world, the Qinghai–Tibet Railway, from Xining across the Tibetan Plateau to Lhasa. Twenty-four stops: from Xining and Kumbum Monastery along the north shore of Qinghai Lake and through the Guanjiao Tunnel, by Delingha and the Qarhan Salt Lake to Golmud; into the gorges of the Kunlun and over the Kunlun Pass, across Hoh Xil, home of the Tibetan antelope, over the Chumar River, through the Fenghuoshan Tunnel, the highest railway tunnel on Earth, past the Tuotuo River, source of the Yangtze, and over the Tanggula Pass at 5,072 metres; then along the shore of Tso Na Lake by Nagqu, Damxung and the Yangbajing geothermal field to Lhasa, with the Potala Palace, the Jokhang and the Norbulingka; and finally on to Shigatse and, by bullet train, to Nyingchi. Four chapters explore the history of the line, its engineering on permafrost, life on board and how to ride, and the food of the plateau. More at tradingright.app 🌐 More scenic rail & travel films and the interactive route map: https://tradingright.app 🚆 Stops along the line: Xining · Kumbum · Qinghai Lake · Guanjiao Tunnel · Delingha · Qarhan Salt Lake · Golmud · Naij Tal · Kunlun Pass · Hoh Xil · Chumar River · Fenghuoshan · Tuotuo River · Tanggula Pass · Tso Na Lake · Nagqu · Damxung · Yangbajing · Lhasa · Potala Palace · Jokhang · Norbulingka · Shigatse · Nyingchi Chapters: 00:00 Opening 00:42 Flight to the Tibetan Plateau 01:02 The Map 01:48 At a Glance 02:44 A Railway to Lhasa 03:47 A Railway on Frozen Ground 04:49 Life On Board & How to Ride 05:57 Flavours of the Plateau 06:57 Xining 07:46 Kumbum Monastery 08:33 The North Shore of Qinghai Lake 09:27 Tianjun & the Guanjiao Tunnel 10:17 Delingha 11:03 The Qarhan Salt Lake 11:52 Golmud 12:46 Naij Tal & the Kunlun Spring 13:30 The Kunlun Pass 14:26 Hoh Xil 15:22 The Chumar River & Wudaoliang 16:13 The Fenghuoshan Tunnel 17:07 The Tuotuo River, Source of the Yangtze 18:03 The Tanggula Pass 18:57 Amdo & Tso Na Lake 19:49 Nagqu & the Changtang Grasslands 20:41 Damxung & the Nyenchen Tanglha 21:32 The Yangbajing Geothermal Field 22:23 Lhasa Station & the Lhasa River 23:15 The Potala Palace 24:07 The Jokhang & the Barkhor 24:57 Norbulingka 25:43 The Lhasa–Shigatse Line 26:33 The Lhasa–Nyingchi Line 27:24 Our Journey to Lhasa 🎥 Footage (Pexels): Major &Wang, Dolpo Pexels, khanhhoangminh, Szőcs Tamás, Oskar Gross, Rupesh Newar, Shutter Break, Nivedh P, TP Motion, Anh Nguyen, changen chan, Sergey Guk, Mahmut Yılmaz, Alex Moliski, Peter Smit, Florian Delée 📷 Photos (Wikimedia Commons): CC BY-SA 4.0: MNXANL, N509FZ, Assassas77, Baomi, Charlie fong, Jonashtand, Woudloper, Jasmin Zhang, Kjetil Kjernsmo, Jan Kranendonk (https://www.jankranendonk.nl), Tenace10, Matti&Keti lorenz.king@geogr.uni-giessen.de, 钉钉, Gerd Eichmann, Rene Heise, Sridhar Rao, Japleenpasricha, Zhangmoon618, 归零者; CC BY-SA 3.0: Carla Antonini, katorisi, Immanuel Giel, Jucember, ZhengZhou, Pseudois, Antoine Taveneaux, Carlos Delgado, ping lin; CC BY-SA 2.0: Andrew and Annemarie, travel oriented from Manila, Philippines, Henry Chen on flickr, Chinchu2, Tak Wing Kwong, yuen yan, Laika ac from UK; CC BY 3.0: Hiroki Ogawa, jt Guan, guan, Pavel Špindler, luxiaoxue, Chen Zhi; CC BY 2.0: Luo Shaoyang from Beijing, China, Bernt Rostad, McKay Savage from London, UK, Mckaysavage, cattan2011, Prof. Mortel; CC BY 4.0: AkakiBalanchivadze, Schwalbe, Gerd Eichmann; CC BY 2.5: Taken by Fanghong, Peter Vigier, Ondřej Žváček; CC0: Wikiwakhan, Werner Bayer; Public domain: Thomas Kraus 🗺 Maps: Natural Earth · 🎵 Music: TradingRight original · 🎙 Narration: Microsoft Edge neural voice en-US-AndrewNeural. Subtitles: English (CC). Timetables and fares change, so please check official sources before you travel. #ScenicRailJourney #SeeTheWorld #TradingRight #QinghaiTibetRailway #TibetanPlateau #Lhasa #PotalaPalace #QinghaiLake #Tanggula #Documentary