Lhasa Nyingchi Railway - Map, Train Schedule, Ticket & Price, Booking 2024

Along with the operation of Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway, China self-developed Fuxing bullet train made its debut in Tibet. So far, the Fuxing bullet trains run between Lhasa and Nyingchi, Lhasa and Shigatse and between Shigatse and Nyingchi. Compared to normal speed trains, they run at a higher speed - 160 km/h. Lhasa has 3 trains to Nyingchi every day, including 2 Fuxing bullet trains and 1 normal trains. If you take a Fuxing bullet train, you will get from Lhasa to Shannan within 1.5 hours and get to Nyingchi for less than 3.5 hours.

More importantly, the green Fuxing bullet trains uses double engines, special oxygen supply system and upgraded facilities to offer a quiet and comfortable train trip on Tibetan Plateau. The trains are also environmentally friendly for there will be no gas and waste discharged during the operation.

Nyingchi in eastern Tibet is praised as “Switzerland in Tibet” with charming Natural scenary. In Nyingchi, you can see rare green forests, lush plants, old trees and lovely peach blossom in Tibet and gem-like Bamsum Tso Lake, spectacular Mt. Namjagbarwa, etc. Nyingchi is located about 275 km east of Lhasa.

More Transfer Choices between Lhasa and Nyingchi:

By Road: Driving on the well-paved Lhasa-Nyingchi Highway is a popular way to get from Lhasa to Nyingchi. You can enjoy various landcape by the road. The drive takes about 7 ~ 8 hours.

By Air: There are direct flights flying from Lhasa Gonggar Airports to Nyingchi Mainling Airport daily. The air travel is 40 minutes only.

The following are some technological difficulties of the Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway have been successfully come.

1.The railway passes through 47 tunnels and 121 bridges in total, and runs across the Yarlung Zangbo River 16 times.

2.About 90% of the railroad are built on plateau areas at an average elevation of above 3,000 meters. The highest point is at an altitude of 5,100 meters.

3.The railway passes through high mountains and deep valleys with a sharp height difference of 2,500 meters.

Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway is a rail branch line of the Qinghai Tibet Railway and it ends the history of no railway available in southeast Tibet. In the future, it will be linked with the Lhasa-Kathmandu Railway (China-Nepal Railway, running between Tibet’s Lhasa and Nepal’s Kathmandu via Gyirong Port ) and the other segments of Sichuan-Tibet Railway (from Chengdu to Lhasa). By then, Tibet will have a Y-type railway network stretching into all directions, offering more convenient and faster train travel journeys for both tourists and the locals, and efficient train travel to neighboring Nepal.

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