Wudaoliang

Qinghai-Tibet Railway traverses 289 kilometers to southwest from Golmud, it is Wudaoliang, at an altitude of 4,415 meters. Wudaoliang is knows as the “Forbidden Area for Life”, and the climate is extremely cold and harsh, perennial in cruel winter.

Wudaoliang is said to be the most difficult to through on the Qinghai-Tibet Highroad and Railway, and the high altitude sickness occurs frequently here. Except some government-set units, such as logistics station, pumping station, meteorological station, protection station, there is no permanent residence in this area.