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Train Schedule and fares from Beijing, Lanzhou, Xining, Chongqing and Chengdu to Lhasa.

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Last Update : 1/15/2008 9:36:38 PM EditEdit
To travel to Lhasa, daily trains can be boarded from Beijing while trains from Xining, Lanzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Guangzhou operate every other day. Visiting Tibet is really a hard journey but if you want to visit this vast inland part of China, why not choose the train from one of these cities? You can alight at some stations and visit the local attractions before you rejoin the train. In this way, by the time you reach the mythical land of Tibet, you will have discovered many interesting places in China.

Here are the lastest train schedules for your reference.
(Since Apr.18, 2007)

Lhasa -Beijing (T28/27)

Lhasa - Beijing (T28)
Beijing – Lhasa (T27)
Station
Arr./Dep.
Station
Arr./Dep.
Lhasa
-----/08:30
Beijing West
-----/21:30
Nakchu
 11:59/12:05 
 Shijiazhuang 
 23:49/23:51 
Golmud
22:05/22:25
Xian
08:36/08:48
Xining
09:14/09:29
Lanzhou
15:06/15:21
Lanzhou
12:21/12:36
Xining
18:14/18:29
Xian
20:12/20:28
Golmud
05:23/05:43
 Shijiazhuang 
05:13/05:15
Nakchu
15:47/15:53
Beijing West
07:34/-----
Lhasa
20:00/-----

Lhasa-Lanzhou (K918/917)

    Lhasa – Lanzhou (K918)   
  Lanzhou – Lhasa (K917)   
Station
Arr./Dep.
Station
Arr./Dep.
Lhasa
-----/11:20
Lanzhou
-----/17:15
Damxung
13:11/13:13
Xining
20:08/20:28
Nakchu
14:54/15:00
Delingha
02:50/02:56
Amdo
16:46/16:48
Golmud
07:13/07:33
Golmud
01:06/01:26
Amdo
15:50/16:01
Delingha
04:51/04:57
Nakchu
17:33/17:39
Xining
11:44/12:04
Damxung
19:27/19:29
Lanzhou
15:27/------
Lhasa
21:50/------

Lhasa - Xining (N918/917)

       Lhasa – Xining (N918)   
     Xining – Lhasa (N917)    
Station
Arr./Dep.
Station
Arr./Dep.
Lhasa
-----/11:20
Xining
------/20:28
Damxung
13:11/13:13
Delingha
02:50/02:56
Nakchu
14:54/15:00
Golmud
07:13/07:33
Amdo
16:46/16:48
Amdo
15:50/16:01
Golmud
01:06/01:26
Nakchu
17:33/17:39
Delingha
04:51/04:57
Damxung
19:27/19:29
Xining
11:44/-----
Lhasa
21:50/------

Lhasa-Chongqing (T224/1/2/3)

Lhasa – Chongqing (T224/1)
Chongqing – Lhasa (T222/3)
Station
Arr./Dep.
Station
Arr./Dep.
Lhasa
-----/10:45
Chongqing
--------/19:42
  Nakchu
14:14/14:25
Guang'an
21:25/21:28
Golmud
00:19/00:39
Dazhou
22:46/22:53
Xining
10:58/11:13
Xian
06:30/06:45
Lanzhou
14:16/14:31
Baoji
08:18/08:20
Baoji
20:46/20:48
Lanzhou
13:17/13:30
Xian
22:12/22:26
Xining
16:25/16:41
Dazhou
05:57/06:03
Golmud
02:52/03:12
  Guang'an
 07:22/07:24
Nakchu
12:40/12:46
Chongqing
09:17/-----
Lhasa
17:21/------

Lhasa-Chengdu (T24/1/2/3)

 Lhasa – Chengdu (T24/1)   
 Chongqing – Lhasa (T22/3)  
Station
Arr./Dep.
Station
Arr./Dep.
Lhasa
-------/10:45
Chengdu 
--------/20:36
Nakchu
14:14/14:25
Guangyuan
01:2301:37
Golmud
00:19/00:39
Baoji
08:07/08:20
Xining
10:58/11:13
Lanzhou
13:17/13:32
Lanzhou
14:16/14:31
Xining
16:25/16:41
Baoji
20:46/21:00
Golmud
02:52/03:12
Guangyuan
03:25/03:41
Nakchu
12:40/12:46
Chengdu 
08:25/-------
Lhasa
17:21/-------


Train Fare (CNY)


Span
Distance
(Kilometers)
Hard
Seat
Soft
Seat
Hard sleeper
(Lower/Middle
/Upper Berth)
Soft sleeper
(Lower/Upper
Berth)
Lhasa-Xining
1972
226
357
409/395/383
627/600
Lhasa-Lanzhou
2188
242
 383
483/420/413
671/642
Lhasa-Chengdu
3360
331
 527
598/578/557
921/882
Lhasa-Chongqing
3654
355
 564
640/619/598
985/942
Lhasa-Beijing
4064
389
 619
699/675/653
1079/1033

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