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Tibet Train
While planning a Tibet trip, you may worry about the high altitude sickness. In fact, taking a train to Tibet is better than taking a flight, for you can get used to the raise of the altitude gradually on the way. In order to keep passengers comfortable during the journey, the Tibet trains are all equipped with the oxygen supply systems.
Medical Service in Tibet Trains
Every train from or to Tibet is equipped with modern facilities to provide passengers temporary medical service. Suffering from altitude sickness is a common thing on the Tibet train, the experienced doctors and trained nurses are also available for dealing with and attending the medical emergencies of the passengers. And the passengers can get timely and effective first aid.
On every Tibet trains, there is only one dining car offering 3 meals a day and drinks in non-meal service time. Adhere to the dining car, there is a general cook house, where you can see how the Cooks make your meals.
There are usually 4 hard seating cars in each train from or to Tibet, which can totally contend 392 people. Different as a standard hard-seats car, which totally content 108 seats, one hard-seating car just offers 98 seats in a Tibet train. Since riding a train to Tibet is quite a long journey, it is not recommended for you to take hard seat class.
There are usually 8 Hard-sleeper cars in each train from or to Tibet, which can totally contend 480 people. Compared with the hottest selling ticket of soft-sleeper cars, the tickets of hard-sleeper class are relatively easier to be reserved.
There are usually 2 Soft-sleeper cars in each train from or to Tibet, which can totally contend 64 people. In each soft-sleeper car, there are 8 small cabins with 4 beds. Compared with Hard-Sleeper Cars, Soft-sleeper cars offers more privacy and fewer crowds for the door can be shut.
Qinghai Tibet Railway Sightseeing Station
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the engineering wonder of China, has been built on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. There are 45 stations from Golmud to Lhasa and every station has unique scenery.
There are two bathrooms at the end of each car. On one side, it is Western toilet and the other is Asian toilet.
Lhasa Train Schedule & Lhasa Train Ticket Price
So far, there are just a few trains to Lhasa, Tibet from several major cities in mainland China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou...
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Facts and Features
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