1. Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the world's highest railway. 960 kilometers' tracks are located at more than 4,000 meters above sea level and the highest point is 5,072 meters, at least 200 meters higher than the Peruvian railway in the Andes, which was formerly the world's most elevated track.

2. The railway is the world's longest plateau railroad. The newly completed Golmud-Lhasa section zigzags 1,142 kilometers across the Kunlun and Tanggula mountain ranges.

3. About 550 kilometers of the tracks run on frozen earth, which is the longest one in the world's.

4. Tanggula Railway Station, 5,068 meters above sea level, is the highest railway station in the world.

5. Fenghuoshan Tunnel, 4,905 meters above sea level, is the highest tunnel through frozen earth in the world.

6. Kunlun Mountain Tunnel, running 1,686 meters, is the world's longest plateau tunnel built on frozen earth.

7. Anduo track-laying base at an altitude of 4704 meters in Tibet is the highest track laying base in the world.

8. Qingshuihe River Bridge (11.7 kilometers long) is the longest plateau bridge on frozen earth.

9. Upon its completion, the maximum train speed is designed to reach 100 kilometers per hour in the frozen earth area and 120 kilometers per hour in non-frozen earth area. 

Editor: Carolyn