Chongqing-Lhasa Train Travel Guide: Tickets & Tips

Chongqing-Lhasa Train joined by Chengdu-Lhasa Train, the major two channels bridge the southwest inland and holy Tibet region, transfer endless goods, people and dreams across all over Chinese earth. The train, with two famous Chinese cities, Chongqing and Lhasa, with their unique features at both ends, let your eye sights sweep over all picturesque views along the railway between Chongqing and Lhasa. For those who wish to travel to Tibet by train, you may take the Chongqing-Lhasa Train.

A Brief Introduction of Chongqing-Lhasa Train

Chongqing-Lhasa Train (Z223) like a mighty dragon wriggles for 3654 km on the far-flung northwest area in China. Rolling on the train board for 42: 13 hours, the train stops at 10 stations of 6 provinces and finally stop wheeling forward at Lhasa Train Station. One thing travelers should pay attention is that the train Z223 does not launch every day but EVERY TWO DAYS—on each singular date, such as Feb 01, March 02, April 05……On the contrary, the return train from Lhasa to Chongqing Z224 is available on each singular day.

For a people firstly book tickets and take the Chongqing-Lhasa Train, you need to learn about what a price, route and duration it bears.

The Online Price of Train Z264/Z266

The Detailed Schedule of Train Z26

Tips on How to Book Chongqing-Lhasa Tickets

Since there is only one train that runs from Chongqing to Lhasa every two days and due to the increasing demand for Tibet Train Tours, difficult-to-get tickets for the Chongqing-Lhasa Train are always the first concern for anyone planning a trip to Tibet throughout the year, and the situation seems to be much more serious during the busiest months (July to October).

Online booking guarantees a fixed price but forces you to snatch the tickets with a large number of individual customers and travel agencies in a rough situation. Additionally, purchasing train tickets would not be very easy and simple for foreigners if they do not speak Chinese or understand little about the booking website. Generally, online booking and train station & tickets agency booking are the main channels to get Chongqing-Lhasa tickets. The physical outlets require you to wait in a lon

The package of Tour + Train Tickets Booking by a professional travel agency is apparently the first recommended choice for individual travellers when taking into consideration the actual conditions of Tibet Train Tourss, which include issues with hard ticket booking and the demand for Tibet Permits. This is due to the fact that most travellers must join a tour of a tourist company in order to obtain a travel permit, and that many travel agencies only offer tour and ticket packages without providing a single booking service, and even those that do charge a significantly higher service fee to their clients.

Chinaxiantour offers Chongqing tours, Tibet Tours, and both Tour + Tickets Booking Package and Only Tickets Booking Service to the customers in the market. We are glad to make the impossible possible and allow everyone of our guests to enjoy the Chongqing-Lhasa Train Tour to the fullest extent possible. We always strive to give our customers the best possible service at the most affordable price.

√Read more for Tibet train travel:

• Beijing-Lhasa Train travel guide
• Lanzhou-Lhasa Train Travel Guide
• Shanghai-Lhasa Train Travel Guide

The Hardware Facilities on the Chongqing-Lhasa Train

1. Three Seat Options of the Train

There are three sorts of options on the train from chongqing to Lhasa, soft sleepers combined with hard sleepers and hard seat. Considering the tour in Tibet need a good physical condition, the hard sleepers with long term toil on aboard are not suggested in case of causing more serious altitude stress. Hard & soft sleepers engage the listed merits and demerits as following, which sheds a light on travelers’ decision about transportation based on own condition.

– Hard sleeper

• Cheaper;make friends easily with other passengers to kill time on aboard
• 6 berths in an open coach without door; relatively noisy; smaller room and berth space; less private space & belongings safety

– Soft sleeper

• 4 berths in a carriage with open to confirm private space relatively; more luxurious, cozy quiet, and comfortable; more roomy space for each passenger; lower risk for safety of belongings
• Much more expensive

Soft sleepers earn higher recommendation for the all advantages above according to the successfully operated Shanghai-Lhasa Train Tours by Tibet Travel. We kindly suggest so because Tibet locates in Tibetan Plateau, the highest plateau of the world and covered by the thinner oxygen. Common people used live in the plain or place with relatively lower altitude need to adjust a good physical and sleeping conditions from the moment you step on the train. After all, safety is always in the primary position in traveling, which also is our basic philosophy.

2. The Equipment and Food on Chongqing-Lhasa Train

1. The train are well equipped with the modern and convenient facilities which are introduced into Chinese, Tibetan language and English.
2. Although most infrastructure are introduced by English, foreigners may have some problems in ordering meals or something like that when the serving stuff can speak English, so you are suggested to download a translation software which will help a lot.
3. All the carriages are installed with charging devices and oxygen supplement outlets.
4. You are suggested to bring some food and fruit yourself, such as instant noodles, ham sausage, chocolates and apples. Surely, the dining car offers the typical Chinese meals and some snack foods & fruits to the customers.

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The Merits & Flaws of Chongqing-Lhasa Train and Alternative Options to the Flaws

The Advantages of Chongqing-Lhasa Train

The first merit of Train tour compared with plane is that train always allow you to hold the feeling that you are a part of the scenes on earth when you drive across the vast land while plane is used to playing the role of a visiting guest from the high sky to watch map when you cast your eye sight from plane window down to the large land pitch. Z223 is a train giving you an impression that you are making friends with the rivers, cities, mountains, lakes and prairie along the rails during the whole driving.

Besides, Z223 strings the majestic Yangzi River in Chongqing with the holy and mysterious Tibet Plateau, those noble rivers, lakes, mountains and earths in the legends just really enter in to your eyes through the train windows. It will indeed be thrilling experience for all travelers dreaming this land.

And the relatively slow and gentle way would has less possibility to cause altitude sickness. The long term staying on the train also enables you a good buffering for the over high altitude.

√Read on: Latest FAQs and Tips for Traveling to Tibet

The beauty of Chongqing -Lhasa Train Bring is Inevitably Companied by Some Flaws:

• Almost 54 hours train time would be a huge challenge for both physical and mental character considering its toil.
• 54 hours train journey means you need more than 2 days on the way, if you plan a round way train transfer then the time on the way would occupy almost 4 days, which is little possible for people who have limited time arrangement.
• The direct tickets for Guangzhoui-Lhasa are always sought-after throughout the whole years, so it is difficult for an individual to buy a direct Shanghai-Lhasa ticket.

Sound Alternative Choices to Avoid Those Shortages Based on Our Rich Experience:

• Take flight to Xining where Qinghai-Tibet starts to run and then have about 22 hours by Xining-Lhasa Train to your destination. Thus, you little suffer from the too long train journey. Meanwhile, a ticket for Xining-Lhasa Train is relatively easily to get compared with Chongqing-Lhasa.
• Take Chongqing-Xining trains for about 20 hours firstly and stay one or more days at Xining where you can visit some famous attractions likeQinghai Lake, Ta’er Lamasery and taste typical northwestern food. Afterwards, continue journey to Tibet by Xining-Lhasa train.
• Take direct Chongqing-Lhasa train to come to Tibet and take flight back to Beijing or other inland cities, which will decrease the risk of altitude stress and also save your time on the way.

Among all the options above, the first one is the optimal as it could avoid as more as possible risk and shortage of direct Guangzhou-Lhasa Train Tours with a not-bad cost. The second one is free from the altitude stress but need more time. Of course, if you get rich time for your plan, this option is also worthy a favor. The last one should better be the fallback if the first three options fail to meet your condition as there is still flaws existing with it.

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