 | The first train from Lhasa Railway Station leaves the platform heading for Lanzhou of Gansu province, Tibet July 1, 2006. China opened the world's highest railway on Saturday, but the ambitious project that will take passengers over Tibet's snow-covered plateau has angered both conservationist and exiles of the remote region. click to open  |
 | Tibetans sit on board the first train at Lhasa railway station as it heads for Lanzhou in Gansu province July 1, 2006. China opened the world's highest railway on Saturday, but the ambitious project that will take passengers over Tibet's snow-covered plateau has angered both conservationist and exiles of the remote region. click to open |
 | Tibetans sit on board the first train at Lhasa railway station as it heads for Lanzhou in Gansu province July 1, 2006. China opened the world's highest railway on Saturday, but the ambitious project that will take passengers over Tibet's snow-covered plateau has angered both conservationist and exiles of the remote region. click to open |
 | The first train from Lhasa Railway Station travels on the Tibetan grasslands near Lhasa, Tibet Saturday July 1, 2006. China on Saturday opened the first train service to Tibet on the world's highest railway. click to open |
 | AP - Sat Jul 1, 4:52 AM ET Tibetan children watch as the first train from Lhasa Railway Station travels on the Tibetan grasslands near Lhasa, Tibet, Saturday, July 1, 2006. China on Saturday opened the first train service to Tibet on the world's highest railway. click to open |
 | Tibetans board the first train to use the Qinghai-Tibet Railway at Lhasa Railway Station in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, Saturday, July 1, 2006. China on Saturday opened the first train service to Tibet on the world's highest railway. click to open |
 | Tibetans sit on the first train to use the Qinghai-Tibet Railway at Lhasa Railway Station in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, Saturday, July 1, 2006. China on Saturday opened the first train service to Tibet on the world's highest railway. click to open |
 | The first train from Lhasa Railway Station crosses a bridge on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway near Lhasa, in Tibet, China, Saturday, July 1, 2006. China on Saturday opened the first train service to Tibet on the world's highest railway, a controversial engineering marvel meant to bind the restive Himalayan region to China. click to open |
 | A Tibetan woman holds a prayer wheel as the first train on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway crosses a bridge near Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, Saturday, July 1, 2006. China on Saturday opened the first train service to Tibet on the world's highest railway, a controversial engineering marvel meant to bind the restive Himalayan region to China. click to open |
 | A train passes over a viaduct outside Golmud on the first part of the Qinghai-Tibet railway in China's northwest Qinghai province. China has opened the world's highest railway, linking the remote Himalayan region of Tibet with the rest of the country in a symbol of power that President Hu Jintao hailed a "miracle". click to open |
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