Bullet train debuts on new railway in Tibet

The rail line passes through 47 tunnels and 121 bridges, and crosses the Yarlung Zangbo River 16 times. [Photo: Wei Fanghe]

The first electrified railway in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region opened on Friday morning, linking (连接 liánjiē） Lhasa with Nyingchi."Fuxing" bullet trains will run at speeds up to 160 km/h. It now only takes 1 hour (小时 xiǎoshí) and 10 minutes (分钟 fēnzhōng) to travel from Lhasa to Shannan and 3 hours 29 minutes from Lhasa to Nyingchi.

时间单位 Time unit：

[shìjì]世纪 century

[nián]年 year

[jìdù]季度 quarter

[yuè]月 month

[xún]旬 ten-day period/ten-year period

[xīngqī]星期 week

[rì]日 day

[xiǎoshí]小时 hour

[kè]刻 quarter

[fēnzhōng]分钟 minute

[miǎo]秒 second