Qinghai- Tibet Railway Referred to as the Qinghai-Tibet Line, it is a Class I national railway connecting Xining City in Qinghai Province to Lhasa City in Tibet. It is one of China's four major projects in the new century . It is the first railway leading to the hinterland of Tibet and the world's highest altitude and longest plateau railway. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway was built in two phases. The first phase of the project started in 1958 and opened to traffic in May 1984. The second phase of the project started on June 29 , 2001 and opened to traffic on July 1, 2006. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway runs from Xining Station to Lhasa Station. The total length of the line is 1,956 kilometers, and the running time is about 20 hours .
Currently, there are Qinghai-Tibet trains departing from Xining, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Chengdu, and Chongqing to Lhasa. The following is the information on the train schedules from each province to Lhasa:
|
Train |
Operation range |
Departure |
Arrival |
Driving distance |
Remark |
|
Z8991 |
Xining - Lhasa |
2150 |
1740+1 days |
19 hours 49 minutes |
There is one train per day, and more trains will be added during the peak travel season |
|
Z21 |
Beijing West - Lhasa |
1952 |
1136+2 days |
39 hours and 44 minutes |
There is one train per day, and you need to transfer to the plateau aerobic train in Xining |
|
Z164 |
Shanghai - Lhasa |
1833 |
1505+2 days |
44 hours and 32 minutes |
There is one train per day, and you need to transfer to the plateau aerobic train in Xining |
|
Z264 |
Guangzhou - Lhasa |
0915 |
1417+2 days |
53 hours and 2 minutes |
There is one train per day, and you need to transfer to the plateau aerobic train in Xining |
|
Z322 |
Chengdu West - Lhasa |
2111 |
0741+2 days |
34 hours and 30 minutes |
There is one train every other day, and you need to transfer to the Plateau Aerobic Train in Xining |
|
Z223 |
Chongqing West - Lhasa |
2153 |
0741+2 days |
33 hours 48 minutes |
There is one train per day, and you need to transfer to the plateau aerobic train in Xining |
|
N917 |
Xi'an - Lhasa |
|
|
|
Peak season |
