Tibet Tour from Xining – Train Schedule

The capital city of Qinghai Province – Xining is the start point of Qinghai-Tibet Railway. A large number of foreign tourists would like to take Xining as the entrance city of their Tibet tour since Xining is relatively closer to Lhasa.

Gorgeous and amazing natural landscapes are available if you make a Tibet train tour from Xining. This train tour offers you the chance to take a close view of Hoh Xil Natural Reserve (a Tibetan antelope might rush into your eyes if you are lucky enough). Tourists could also appreciate the amazing natural landscape of Tuotuo River – the origin of the noted Yangtze River.

As a professional Tibet tour operator, we will provide train ticket purchasing service to tourists who make a reservation on our website. We will also help you to deal with the train ticket matters from Lhasa to other cities in China, such as Chongqing, Shanghai and Chengdu.

The whole journey between Xining and Lhasa is 2188 kilometers. It takes about 25 hours from Xining to Lhasa. The trains are clean, tidy and air-conditioned. Besides, the oxygen supply is available on the trains in order to help tourists to deal with the plateau environment and ease the altitude sickness.

This article provides you information about the train schedule of N917 – the direct train opened between Xining and Lhasa. The trains are available on even days in January, April, May, August, November and December. The trains are available on odd days in February, March, June, July, September and October.

The following is the itinerary of the stations between Xining and Lhasa: Xining – Delingha (521km) – Golmud (830km) – Tuotuo River (1239km) – Ando (1524km) – Nagqu (1650km) – Damgxung (1808km) – Lhasa (1972km)

The following is the reference price of the train ticket from Xining to Lhasa. The price of the upper berth, middle berth and lower berth in the hard sleeper is 497CNY, 509 CNY and 523CNY respectively. The price of the upper berth and lower berth in the soft sleeper is 783 CNY and 883 CNY respectively.