China’s Xinjiang-Tibet Railway to be Strategic; most costly and difficult in the world

The Xinjiang -Tibet Railway which China plans to begin building later this year will be the most expensive as well as technically the most difficult to build in the world by far, reported ejinsight.com Aug 15, citing Chinese sources. The objective is strategic, and less of commercial value, the report noted.The new railway line will run between Hotan in East Turkestan (Xinjiang province) and