Safety inspections and maintenance intensified along the Qinghai-Xizang Railway before the summer travel rush
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Maintenance workers are pictured along the railway in Ha’ergai Township of Gangcha County, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, June 15, 2026. Located on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake, the Ha’ergai line maintenance workshop of China Railway Qinghai-Xizang Group Co., Ltd. is in charge of a 96-km section of the Qinghai-Xizang Railway at an average altitude of over 3,200 meters. As the summer travel rush approaches, workers have stepped up inspection and maintenance efforts along the line to ensure the safe operation of the railway. (Xinhua/Qi Zhiyue)
Maintenance workers are pictured along the railway in Ha’ergai Township of Gangcha County, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, June 15, 2026. Located on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake, the Ha’ergai line maintenance workshop of China Railway Qinghai-Xizang Group Co., Ltd. is in charge of a 96-km section of the Qinghai-Xizang Railway at an average altitude of over 3,200 meters. As the summer travel rush approaches, workers have stepped up inspection and maintenance efforts along the line to ensure the safe operation of the railway. (Xinhua/Qi Zhiyue)
Railway maintenance workers transport tools along the railway in Ha’ergai Township of Gangcha County, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, June 15, 2026. Located on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake, the Ha’ergai line maintenance workshop of China Railway Qinghai-Xizang Group Co., Ltd. is in charge of a 96-km section of the Qinghai-Xizang Railway at an average altitude of over 3,200 meters. As the summer travel rush approaches, workers have stepped up inspection and maintenance efforts along the line to ensure the safe operation of the railway. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
A maintenance worker is pictured along the railway in Ha’ergai Township of Gangcha County, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, June 15, 2026. Located on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake, the Ha’ergai line maintenance workshop of China Railway Qinghai-Xizang Group Co., Ltd. is in charge of a 96-km section of the Qinghai-Xizang Railway at an average altitude of over 3,200 meters. As the summer travel rush approaches, workers have stepped up inspection and maintenance efforts along the line to ensure the safe operation of the railway. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
A maintenance worker is pictured along the railway in Ha’ergai Township of Gangcha County, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, June 15, 2026. Located on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake, the Ha’ergai line maintenance workshop of China Railway Qinghai-Xizang Group Co., Ltd. is in charge of a 96-km section of the Qinghai-Xizang Railway at an average altitude of over 3,200 meters. As the summer travel rush approaches, workers have stepped up inspection and maintenance efforts along the line to ensure the safe operation of the railway. (Xinhua/Qi Zhiyue)
Maintenance workers are pictured along the railway in Ha’ergai Township of Gangcha County, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, June 15, 2026. Located on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake, the Ha’ergai line maintenance workshop of China Railway Qinghai-Xizang Group Co., Ltd. is in charge of a 96-km section of the Qinghai-Xizang Railway at an average altitude of over 3,200 meters. As the summer travel rush approaches, workers have stepped up inspection and maintenance efforts along the line to ensure the safe operation of the railway. (Xinhua/Qi Zhiyue)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
