Passengers from Chengdu arrive in Lhasa

Passengers taking the train from Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, leave the Lhasa Railway Station in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 3, 2006. The train, coded T22/23, arrived in Lhasa on July 3 after a 40-hour journey. It was the first train from Chengdu to Lhasa since the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was put into operation on July 1.

Volunteers are to present hada, a piece of silk as a greeting gift by people of the Tibetan ethnic group, to passengers upon their arrival at the Lhasa Railway Station in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 3, 2006. The train, coded T22/23, from Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, arrived in Lhasa on July 3 after a 40-hour journey. It was the first train from Chengdu to Lhasa since the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was put into operation on July 1.

A volunteer (L) distributes tourism brochures to a passenger upon his arrival by taking the train from Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, at the Lhasa Railway Station in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 3, 2006. The train, coded T22/23, arrived in Lhasa on July 3 after a 40-hour journey. It was the first train from Chengdu to Lhasa since the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was put into operation on July 1.