Schedule of Lhasa Trains to be changed from July 1, 2012

July,28 2016 BY Master Catherine Jigme 0 COMMENTS

The schedule of Lhasa trains will be changed from July 1, 2012 due to reallocation of the trains to Lhasa, which aims to improve the capacity of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

Photo shows the beautiful scenery along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway

During the summer holiday in China, more and more travelers flock into Tibet. Lhasa railway station receives over 3700 passengers daily. In order to raise the level of transport capacity of the railway, the oxygen supplying trains to Lhasa from Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Guangzhou will allocated to Xining. Travelers traveling to Lhasa by train from the above cities will take ordinary train to Xining and then change into the oxygen supplying train at Xining railway station carriage for carriage and seat for seat under the help of train conductors.

Except the schedule of the trains K9812 from Lhasa to Xining and K9811 from Xining to Lhasa, the schedule of the trains connecting Lhasa with Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou and Xining will be regulated from July 1.

The trains T23 from Chengdu to Lhasa and T223 from Chongqing to Lhasa will arrive in Lhasa at 16:35pm, 15 minutes earlier than before.

The train T27 from Beijing to Lhasa will arrive in Lhasa at 15:40pm, 20 minutes earlier than before.

The train T165 from Shanghai to Lhasa will arrive in Lhasa at 20:15pm, one hour later than before.

The train T265 from Guangzhou to Lhasa will arrive in Lhasa at 19:20pm, 50 minutes later than before.

The trains K917 from Lanzhou to Lhasa and K9801 from Xining to Lhasa will arrive in Lhasa at 14:35pm, 20 minutes earlier than before.

The arrival time of the train K9811 from Xining to Lhasa will not be changed. It is still at 21:40pm.

The train from Lhasa to Chengdu (T24) or Chongqing (T224) will start from Lhasa railway station at 10:00am, nearly three hours earlier than before.

The train from Lhasa to Beijing (T28) will start from Lhasa railway station at 13:48pm, 3 minutes later than before.

The train from Lhasa to Shanghai (T166) will start from Lhasa train station at 11:30am, 5 minutes later than before.

The train from Lhasa to Guangzhou (T266) will start from Lhasa railway station at 12:08pm, minutes later than before.

The trains from Lhasa to Lanzhou (K918) and to Xining (K9802) will still start from Lhasa train station at 8:20am.

This regulation on the trains to and out of Lhasa will greatly improve the capacity of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the only railway connecting Tibet with the outside world. But booking train tickets to Tibet and out of Tibet in advance is still necessary as it is really the peak tourism season of Tibet and Tibet train tour is very popular among both domestic and overseas tourists.

About the Author - Master Catherine Jigme

With exceptional passion and outstanding leadership, Mrs. Catherine has dedicated herself to Tibet inbound tourism and China tour for 15 years. As one of the handful females who see great potential of Chinese inbound tourism, Catherine has made great contribution to promoting Tibet tourism and enhancing the employment of Tibetans and prosperity of local Tibetan community.

Over the years, she travelled overseas with Tibet Tourism Bureau many times to promote Tibet tourism. Currently, Catherine works as the marketing director of Tibet Vista, an opinion leader behind the whole team of Tibet Vista.

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