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Train Fares & Schedules:
Service valid from 1 July 2006 until further notice.  Subject to alteration  wherever possible check times locally before traveling. All trains are air conditioned and pressurized and include Oxygen.

Fares:
 

From-----To

Distance (km)

Hard Seat Price

Hard Sleeper (Bottom Berth) Price

Soft Sleeper (Bottom Berth) Price

Beijing West-Lhasa

4,064

389 yuan (US$49)

813 yuan (US$102)

 1,262 yuan (US$158)

Chengdu-Lhasa

3,360

331 yuan (US$41)

712 yuan (US$89)

 1,104 yuan (US$138)

Chongqing-Lhasa

3,654 

355 yuan (US$44)

754 yuan (US$94) 

1,168 yuan (US$146)

Lanzhou-Lhasa

2,188  

242 yuan (US$30) 

552 yuan (US$69)

854 yuan (US$107)

Xining-Lhasa

1,972   

226 yuan (US$28) 

523 yuan(US$65)

810 yuan (US$101)

Xi'an-Lhasa        
Guangzhou-Lhasa     Coming Soon  
Shanghai-Lhasa        

 * Fares above do not include the Tibet Travl Permit (TTB). 

** Unreserved seats are available.  This means you are not guaranteed a seat, but if one does become available, you may take it, otherwise you will have to stand in the aisles.  Prices are usually 50RMB lower than the hard seat price.

***Beijing-Lhasa is 4,064 km, of which 1,110 km are over the newly-built Qinghai-Tibet railway.

Schedules:
 

Beijing ► Lhasa (Tibet)
  Daily Note A Note B
Train number: T27 T222/223 T22/23
Beijing (west)  depart 21:30  day 1

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-
Chongqing depart

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19:20 day 1 -
Xian  depart 09:21  day 2 06:27 day 2 -
Chengdu  depart

|

|

18:18 day 1
Lanzhou  depart 16:11  day 2 13:48 day 2 13:48 day 2
Xining  depart 19:12  day 2 16:49 day 2 16:49 day 2
Golmud (Geermu) depart 06:41  day 3 04:18 day 3 04:18 day 3
Lhasa  arrive 20:58  day 3 18:28 day 3 18:28 day 3

Lhasa (Tibet) ► Beijing
  Daily Note B Note A
Train number: T28 T224/221 T24/21
Lhasa  depart 08:00  day 1 09:05 day 1 09:05 day 1
Golmud  (Geermu) arrive 22:10  day 1 23:15 day 1 23:15 day 1
Xining  arrive 09:39  day 2 11:10 day 2 11:10 day 2
Lanzhou  arrive 12:27  day 2 14:20 day 2 14:20 day 2
Chengdu  arrive         |       | 09:55 day 3
Xian  arrive 20:14  day 2 22:57 day 2 -
Chongqing  arrive       | 09:55 day 3 -
Beijing (west) arrive 08:00  day 3 - -

Departure Time & Length of trip:

Beijing-Lhasa

Train T27 will start from Beijing West Railway Station at 21:30 and arrive at Lhasa Railway Station at 20:58 on the third day after 47 hours and 28 minutes' running.

Train T28 will depart from Lhasa Railway Station at 8:00 am. and arrive in Beijing west at 8:00 am. on the third day with a 48-hour-trip.

Chengdu-Lhasa

T22/3 train will leave Chengdu at 18:18 and arrive in Lhasa at 18:28 on the third day with a trip of 2 hours and 10 minutes.

T24/1 train will set out from Lhasa at 9:05 am. and get to Chengdu at 9:55 am on the third day after 48 hours and 50 minutes.

Lanzhou-Lhasa

K917 train will leave Lanzhou at 16:45 and arrive in Lhasa at 22:30 on the second day with a trip of 29 hours and 45 minutes.

K918 train will set out from Lhasa at 9:32 am. and arrive in Lanzhou at 15:45 on the second day after running for 30 hours and 13 minutes.

Chongqing-Lhasa

Train T222/3 will start from Chongqing at 19:20 and arrive in Lhasa at 18:28 on the third day running for 47 hours and 8 minutes.

Train T224/1 will set out from Lhasa at 9:05 am. and arrive in Chongqing at 9:55 am. with a trip of 48 hours and 50 minutes.

Xining-Lhasa

K917 train will set out from Xining at 20:07 and arrive in Lhasa at 22:30 on the second day after running for 26 hours and 23 minutes.

K917 train will start from Lhasa at 9:32 am and arrive in Xining at 12:19 am. on the second day with a trip of 26 hours and 47 minutes.




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Tibetan Samye
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