Beijing to Lhasa train

1. Brief Introduction of Beijing to Lhasa train:
The Beijing to Lhasa train is one of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway trains which is running by China Railways right now. This train T27 departs everyday, the starting point will be Beijing, and the destination will be Lhasa. It takes around 44 hours for the whole journey, of which 1110 km are over Qinghai-Tibet railway.  For this 1110 km part, you will enjoy the most wonderful and beautiful scenery on the way. The train T27 departs from the Beijing West Railway Station at 20:09 on the first day and arrives at Lhasa Railway Station at 16:00 pm on the third day.
2. Beijing to Lhasa Train tickets price
The train tickets from Beijing to Lhasa have 3 different classes. The first class is soft sleeper berth, which has 4 pax in one private cabin, the ticket price is around RMB 1200 per ticket; The second class is hard sleeper berth, which has 6 pax in one private cabin, the ticket price is around RMB 800 per ticket; The third class is soft seat, which has many people in one public cabin, the ticket price is around RMB 400 per ticket.
3. Equipments on the train from Beijing to Lhasa
The train from Beijing to Lhasa is equipped with advanced facilities that are tailor-made according to the special elevation, temperature and other specific situations along the world’s highest railway, Qinghai-Tibet Railway, such as air-conditioning, supercharging system, oxygen supply, altitude display, etc. Moreover, the totally-closed train is installed with sightseeing windows covered by anti-ultraviolet film so as to protect passengers from ultraviolet radiation. In a word, the Beijing-Lhasa train tour is really worth a shot for the unique and wonderful scenery along the Qinghai-Tibet railway.
4. Foods on the train to Lhasa from Beijing
In China, all the train fare does not include meals, so you also need to pay the food in the train from Beijing to Lhasa. A normal breakfast will cost you about 10RMB and a lunch or dinner 20-30RMB. There will be different kinds of Chinese foods supplied. Such as porridge and buns in the morning, and Chinese dishes with rice in the evening. There is also hot boiled water supplied on the train, it is free. So you can prepare some coffee and milk if you need these drinks on the train.
5. Beijing to Lhasa Train Schedule and Fare

Train Available	Start City	End City	Frequecy	Distance	Duration	Beijing to Lhasa Train  Tickets (Price)
						Hard Sleeper	Soft Sleeper
T27	Beijing (20:09,1st day)	Lhasa (16:00,3rd day	Daily	3753km	43h51m	RMB 766	RMB 1189

6. Beijing to Lhasa Train Route and Timetable

Stop	Date	Arr.	Dep.
Beijing West Station	Day1	Beginning	20:09
Shijiazhuang	Day1	22:46	22:48
Taiyuan	Day2	00:55	01:01
Lanzhou	Day2	13:04	13:19
Xining	Day2	15:50	16:10
Golmud	Day3	01:38	01:58
Nakchu	Day3	11:18	11:24
Lhasa	Day3	16:00	End

7. Service charge on getting the train tickets
For booking the train tickets from Beijing to Lhasa from our CITS, you need to pay some service charge to our local CITS in Beijing. The service charge ranges from 100RMB to 500RMB in different seasons. For this service charge on booking the train tickets, we CITS won’t earn you any profit but just doing a favor for you.8. Why choosing our CITS Tibettravel.Org to book the train ticketsFor booking the train tickets from Beijing to Lhasa from our CITS, we will submit the booking plans to the Beijing CITS after your confirmation on the wonderful Tibet trip with our CITS, and they will also submit the booking plans to the Beijing West train station in advance (The train stations only accept the group booking requests from key travel agencies like our CITS and Beijing CITS), then, Train station will issue train tickets 5-10 days before the departure date according to the priority they confirmed beforehand. In this way, the train tickets can be got successfully with bigger possibility if you get the train tickets from our CITS. Even in peak season, we CITS never fail to get the train tickets for our travellers. As you know, all our CITS offices have great advantages on getting the train tickets for our travellers.