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When was the railway from Golmud to Lhasa opened?

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Qinghai Yellow River (Huang He), eastern Qinghai province, China.

The railway line connecting Golmud to Lhasa, Tibet, was opened in 2006. This extension was part of a larger rail network that links Qinghai province to the national rail system via Xining and Lanzhou.123