LHASA－As high-altitude winds make for a brisk morning, people in the Tibet autonomous region board trains to return home, carrying heavy luggage and high anticipation. Their palpable delight marks the start of this year's Spring Festival travel rush in the plateau region.

 

At 8 am and 8:20 am on Monday, two advanced Fuxing bullet trains departed from the region's capital city of Lhasa, carrying 680 passengers to Shigatse and 219 to Nyingchi.

 

"I've been working in Lhasa for three years. This is the first time I have taken a bullet train back to my hometown," said Dondrup, who is from Nyingchi's Mirig township.