TIBET 8 : TRAIN TO LHASA AND BACK / 2 or 3 DAYS


all aboard! / Wandhikhar on the train / view from the train window

 

Below are the prices for 2011. New prices for 2012 have not been issued yet.

 

Day Schedule K 917 Lanzhou-Lhasa Overnight in
1 16.45 train leaves Lanzhou Train
2 22.30 train arrives in Lhasa 29 hours and 45 minutes

Day Schedule K 918 Lhasa-Lanzhou Overnight in
1 09.32 train leaves Lhasa Train
2 15.45 train arrives in Lanzhou 30 hours and 13 minutes

Price for a soft sleeper berth is 854 RMB + 150 RMB service charge per person.
Price for a hard sleeper berth is 552 RMB + 150 RMB service charge per person.

 

Day Schedule T 22/3 Chengdu-Lhasa Overnight in
1 18.18 rain leaves Chengdu Train
2 train Train
3 18.28 train arrives in Lhasa 48 hours and 10 minutes

Day Schedule T 24/1 Lhasa-Chengdu Overnight in
1 09.05 train leaves Lhasa Train
2 train Train
3 09.55 train arrives in Chengdu 48 hours and 50 minutes

Price for a soft sleeper berth is 1104 RMB + 150 RMB service charge per person.
Price for a hard sleeper berth is 712 RMB + 150 RMB service charge per person.

 

Day Schedule T 27 Beijing-Lhasa Overnight in
1 21.30 train leaves Beijing West railway station Train
2 train Train
3 20.58 train arrives in Lhasa 47 hours and 28 minutes

Day Schedule T 28 Lhasa-Beijing Overnight in
1 08.00 train leaves Lhasa Train
2 train Train
3 08.00 train arrives in Beijing West railway station 48 hours

Price for a soft sleeper berth is 1262 RMB + 200 RMB service charge per person.
Price for a hard sleeper berth is 813 RMB + 200 RMB service charge per person.

 

Price

 (Price will be higher during the Chinese holidays: 1-7 May and 1-7 October.) Calculate exchange rate
Best travel time
April-November
Remarks
 This tour MUST be combined with any other of our Tibet tours in order to get the Tibet Permit. Unfortunately, we can not only sell the train ticket, it must be combined with a tour. These are the rules of the Tibet Tourism Bureau.
Note: The distance from Lanzhou to Lhasa is 2188 km

 

Itinerary:

in February, March, June, July, September, October the train runs on odd days
in January, April, May, August, November, December the train runs on even days

All trains are air conditioned and include oxygen.

hard sleeper compartment

 


restaurant / hard sleeper car / soft sleeper car


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