According to the registration, the company’s business scope also includes diversified operations such as real estate development, tourism, catering, accommodation and international project contracting.
Under the plan, the route will join the existing Lhasa-Shigatse line with a new one from Hotan to Shigatse, forming a roughly 2,000km (1,240-mile) strategic artery linking northwestern and southwestern China.
The Xinjiang-Tibet Railway is one of four lines planned to connect Tibet with the rest of the country, with the other services linking the western region to Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.
The Qinghai-Tibet line is up and running while construction continues on the other two.
“This ambitious project aims to establish a 5,000km plateau rail framework centred on Lhasa by 2035,” Hubei-based Huayuan Securities said in a research note on Friday.
