The Lhasa railway station is ten minutes by taxi from the center of Lhasa. It is the largest station along the newly built Qinghai-Tibet railway in western China. The trains from Lhasa Railway Station connect Lhasa with Beijing (42.5 hrs), Shanghai (48 hrs), Guangzhou (55 hrs), Chongqing (44.5 hrs), Chengdu (43.5 hrs), Xining (22.5 hrs) and Lanzhou (25.5 hrs).

Train timetable Website

There are three different ways to book a train ticket in Lhasa: over the phone, online and at the ticket window. Tickets can be purchased over the telephone (9510 5105) 4-12 days (tickets during Spring Festival travel rush are available 20 days in advance since January 2013, but this is subject to change). According to new rules introduced on Jan 1, 2013, all train tickets must be collected within 24 hours of purchase. Tickets are non transferable and are void if not used on the correct day.

To book tickets online, use the site www.12306.cn. Tickets can be reserved daily from 7:00-23:00 from 12-20 days in advance (subject to change; pre-sale booking periods often change during the Spring Festival and other important National Holidays). You can buy rail tickets at the sales window up to 10-20 days in advance (also subject to change).

Using the real-name system, if a passenger loses their train ticket they can report the loss to get a new ticket. The replacement fee for lost tickets is 2 RMB and passengers will receive a ticket replacement. Passengers who have lost their tickets can report this at the train station ticket window if they have their original valid ID that was originally used to purchase the tickets and the date and station names of the original ticket. Passengers can get replacement tickets up to 20 minutes before departure time.

Lhasa Railway Station (Lhasa Huochezhan)
Add: Liuwu Town, Duilongdeqing County, southwest of Lhasa
Ticket Reservation Tel: 0891 9510 5105
Inquiry Tel: 0891 12306
Bus route: 1, 6, 13, 14

Ticket hotlines in other cities:
Beijing West Railway Station: 010 9510 5105
Shanghai Railway Station: 021 9510 5105
Chengdu Railway Station: 028 9510 5105
Lanzhou Railway Station: 0931 9510 5105

Chongqing Railway Station: 023 9510 5105
Xining Railway Station: 0971 9510 5105

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