Infrastructure & Transport
- The city of Shigatse is the hub of the road network between Lhasa, Nepal and western Tibet.
- Construction started in 2010 of the Lhasa–Shigatse Railway to Shigatse slated for completion in 2014. A further extension to the Nepalese border is planned.
- The nearest railhead in India is the station of New Jalpaiguri, a suburb of Siliguri, West Bengal
- Shigatse Peace Airport began operations on 30 October 2010 after an Airbus A319 landed safely, This makes it Tibet's fifth commercial airport. It is located 43 kilometres from central Shigatse at Jiangdang Village at an altitude of 3,782 metres. The airport is designed to handle up to 230,000 passengers annually by 2020.
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