Lhasa Travel Forum

is there a train station at lhasa?
thanks for any reply.

They building it. Not yet in operation.

Apparently it's completed already, but no passenger trains in operation yet.

The tracks have been laid , the station building is ready as I happened to watch in the tv.The chinese government said that regular train operations would commence from July 2006.SO you need to waiy till then.It would connect Beijing with Lahsa.

Train to Tibet will operate in July. If you want to go to Tibet after July, you can take the luxury Tourism Train to go there. There is special program for Tibet travel named "Superior Color of Tibet, Environmental Protection of China", which will be part of a Tibet travel program. You can get the details of the arrangement in:

http://www.pintrip.com/english/tibet/EventOverview.php

Yes, there is a train station. And it's open. I took the train from Chengdu to Lhasa (a good way to become aclamated to the high altitude, by the way). Soft rail cost US$200. Not bad if you consider that it's also 2 nights accommodation. It was clean, smoke free, music free, a flat-screen TV at the end of each bunk (4 to a compartment) for those who can understand Mandarin movies, and had a western toilet at one end and a squattie at the other. Two sinks with water so hot you couldn't hold your hand under the faucet. And each compartment had a door that you could close to get rid of cold draughts from the corridor...and the noise of the food carts, etc. HARD rail, on the other hand, had 6 bunks/compartment. This means if you have the bottom and and middle bunk, you have to lie down or sit curled up the whole 48 hours! Also, everyone seemed to smoke, there was loud music that couldn't be controlled, no door on the compartment, and only squatties for toilets. The trip is BEAUTIFUL...rugged scenery. At least 1000 tunnels, some about one km. long. Yaks. Lakes. Mountains with no trees on them. Fields of ice (I went in December). The food on the train was not particularly appetizing...and I like Chinese food. I bought a loaf of bread and some peanut butter and some noodles in a cup (they provide lots of hot water) and 3-in-one coffee and survived well.