How to buy Train tickets?

Taking a train ride to Tibet is a great option for all Travelers since the train to Tibet is one of the best trains in China with good air condition, and big windows to enjoy the beautiful nature along the way but some train's travel duration are quite long so today we would like to share the perfect train duration cities in China to Tibet.

Before sharing the perfect duration cities, we would like to share the names of cities in China from where there is a train to Tibet.

1. Beijing

From Beijing, the train ride duration to Lhasa is around 40 hours.

Price of Soft Sleeper: 1144 RMB

Price of Hard Sleeper: 720 RMB

Price of Hard Seat: 360 RMB

2. Shanghai

From Shanghai, the train ride duration to Lhasa is around 47 Hours and 34 minutes.

Price of Soft Sleeper: 1263 RMB

Price of Hard Sleeper: 794 RMB

Price of Hard Seat: 403 RMB

3. Guangzhou

From Guangzhou, the train ride duration to Lhasa is around 53 Hours and 45 minutes.

Price of Soft Sleeper: 1468 RMB

Price of Hard Sleeper: 865 RMB

Price of Hard Seat: 447 RMB

4. Chengdu

From Chengdu, the train ride duration to Lhasa is around 43 Hours and 7 minutes.

Price of Soft Sleeper: 1062 RMB

Price of Hard Sleeper: 668 RMB

Price of Hard Seat: 328 RMB

5. Chongqing

From Chongqing, the train ride duration to Lhasa is around 42 Hours and 13 minutes.

Price of Soft Sleeper: 1079 RMB

Price of Hard Sleeper: 680 RMB

Price of Hard Seat: 335 RMB

6. Xian 

From Xian train ride duration to Lhasa is around 32 hours.

Price of Soft Sleeper: 970 RMB

Price of Hard Sleeper: 612 RMB

Price of Hard Seat: 294 RMB

7. Golmud

From Golmud, the train ride duration to Lhasa is around 14 Hours and 30 minutes.

Price of Soft Sleeper: 565 RMB

Price of Hard Sleeper: 359 RMB

8. Xining 

From Xining, the train ride duration to Lhasa is around 21 Hours and 55 minutes.

Price of Soft Sleeper: 781 RMB

Price of Hard Sleeper: 495 RMB

Price of Hard Seat: 224 RMB

9. Lanzhou 

From Lanzhou, the train ride duration to Lhasa is around 24 Hours 44 minutes.

Price of Soft Sleeper: 823 RMB

Price of Hard Sleeper: 522 RMB

Price of Hard Seat: 240 RMB

Best cities in China to take a train to Lhasa, Tibet 

After sharing the duration and price of the trains from cities in China to Tibet, we can clearly see that there are 3 cities in China from where a train ride to Tibet is the perfect duration.

1. Xining

Xining is the number one city in China to take the train into Tibet, the duration is not too long and not too short. There is a daily train from Xining to Tibet. I have taken this train ride and it is very comfortable with good air condition and big windows for beautiful nature along the way.

2. Lanzhou

The second perfect city to take the train to Tibet is Lanzhou. Duration is not too long and also not too short. Sometimes Travelers can't get a train ticket from Xining to Lhasa because of the busy season, another option is to take the train from Lanzhou since these 2 cities are very close.

3. Xian 

We have a few Travelers who loved the train ride from Xian to Lhasa since the duration is not too long compared to Beijing or Shanghai. Travelers can also visit the interesting sights in Xian and later travel to Tibet by train.

How to buy the train tickets?

It is very hard to buy train tickets by yourself, so we can help to buy a train ticket with a service fee of around 300-500RMB per ticket.

Sometimes in high season train tickets are very difficult to get, especially the soft sleeper so Tibet Travelers would like to recommend Travelers to have a plan B for a hard sleeper or flight to Tibet. We will do our best to get the train tickets for our Travelers.

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