Home > Tibet Tour Advice > Tibet Travel Information

Chengdu Lhasa Tours by Train

Update: Nov. 8th, 2012

Tibet Train

Chengdu Lhasa Tours by Train – Scenery along the Way

After Qinghai-Tibet Railway completed, more and more travelers would like to take train to enjoy the wonderful plateau scenery along the way. If you have Chengdu Lhasa tours by train, you will pass by the Qinghai Lake Landscape Belt, Kunlun Mountain Landscape Belt, Landscape Belt of Headwater of Yangtze River, Qiangtang Grassland Landscape Belt and Landscape Belt from Nagqu to Lhasa. Furthermore, you also can enjoy the distinctive ethnic custom and religious culture of Northern Tibet Pasture.

At the Qinghai Lake Landscape Belt, you can enjoy the Qinghai Lake and charming Bird Island and the Qarhan Salt Lake which praised as Chinese "Dead Sea". Furthermore, you also can view the mysterious "Alien's Ruins" and "Lover Lake" in Qaidam Basin.

After passing by Golmud, the train will come in Kunlun Mountain Landscape Belt. The Kunlun Mountain, the largest range along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, is regarded as the originator of mountains and the home of Taoism. The area between the Kunlun Mountain and Tanggula Range is the Hoh Xil uninhabited area where is the home of Tibetan antelope, wild yak, equus kiang and other animals. Crossing over the Hoh Xil, the train will reach the Landscape Belt of Headwater of Yangtze River where you will see ice bridge, ice lake, glacier tongue and other glacier landforms. The last sight spot in the Landscape Belt of Headwater of Yangtze River is the highest sport of railway in the world – Tanggula Railway Station at the altitude of 5072 meters. After crossing over the Tanggula Mountain Pass, you can enjoy the beautiful Qingtang Grassland.

Furthermore, you also can enjoy the Sangdankangsang Snow Mountain, "Eight Pagoda on Grassland", the grand main peak of Nyainqêntanglha Range, one of the three holy lakes - Namtso lake, famous Yampachen and beautiful Lhasa River.

Chengdu Lhasa tours by Train – Train Schedule and Ticket Price

Train Schedule

Departure Date of Different Month in 2012
Odd Day	January.	March	June	July	September	Ocotber
Even Day	February	April	May	Auguest	November	December

Stop	Arrival Time	Departure Time	Stop Time(Mins)	Day	Mileage(km)
Chengdu		20:59		1st	0
Guangyuan	01:23	01:37	14	2nd	319
Baoji	08:09	08:22	13	2nd	669
Lanzhou	13:34	13:49	15	2nd	1172
West Xining	16:30	16:50	20	2nd	1388
Delingha	22:37	22:39	02	2nd	1909
Golmud	02:33	02:53	20	3rd	2218
Nagqu	12:10	12:27	17	3rd	3038
Lhasa	16:50			3rd	3360