Train Timetable

Below is the 2007 published timetable for the Beijing Lhasa train and other services to Lhasa.

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xian to Lhasa (Tibet)
	Daily	Note C	Note C	Note A	Note B
Train number:	T27	T222/223	T22/23	T264	T164
depart: Beijing (west)	21:30 day 1	-	-	-	-
depart: Shanghai	|	-	-	-	20:08 day 1
depart: Guangzhou	|	-	-	13:07 day 1	|
depart: Chongqing	|	19:20 day 1	-	|	|
depart: Xian	09:21 day 2	06:27 day 2	-	?	?
depart: Chengdu	|	|	18:18 day 1	|	|
depart: Lanzhou	16:11 day 2	13:48 day 2	13:48 day 2	?	?
depart: Xining	19:12 day 2	16:49 day 2	16:49 day 2	?	?
depart: Golmud (Geermu)	06:41 day 3	04:18 day 3	04:18 day 3	?	?
arrive: Lhasa	20:00 day 3	18:28 day 3	18:28 day 3	21:00 day 3	21:00 day 3

Guangzhou, Canton, is a few hours' train ride from Hong Kong.
? = the train probably stops, but exact time not known.
Note A = runs every 2nd day (runs on odd dates in Jun, Jul, Sept, Oct 2007, even dates in Apr, May, Aug 2007)
Note B = runs every 2nd day (runs on even dates in Jun, Jul, Sept, Oct 2007, odd dates in Apr, May, Aug 2007)
Note C = runs every second day.

Lhasa (Tibet) to Xian, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing
	Daily	Note C	Note C	Note B	Note A
Train number:	T28	T224/221	T24/21	T266	T166
depart: Lhasa	08:30 day 1	09:05 day 1	09:05 day 1	10:00 day 1	10:00 day 1
arrive: Golmud (Geermu)	22:10 day 1	23:15 day 1	23:15 day 1	?	?
arrive: Xining	09:39 day 2	11:10 day 2	11:10 day 2	?	?
arrive: Lanzhou	12:27 day 2	14:20 day 2	14:20 day 2	?	?
arrive: Chengdu	|	|	09:55 day 3	|	|
arrive: Xian	20:14 day 2	22:57 day 2	-	?	?
arrive: Chongqing	|	09:55 day 3	-	|	|
arrive: Guangzhou	|	-	-	18:10 day 3	|
arrive: Shanghai	|	-	-	-	10:58 day 3
arrive: Beijing (west)	07:34 day 3	-	-	-	-

Another train (not shown here) runs daily between Xining & Lhasa, extended to Lanzhou on alternate days. Many other trains link Beijing, Xian, Lanzhou and Xining. Beijing-Lhasa is 4,064 km, of which 1,110 km are over the newly-built Qinghai-Tibet railway.