First speed-up train arrives in Lhasa

At 20:00 of April 19, Lhasa Railway Station received the first speed-up train from the Beijing West Railway Station.
According to the timetable at Lhasa Railway Station, since April 18, the speed-up of national railway, the duration for trains to Tibet will be shortened. The Beijing-Lhasa duration is 46 hours and 30 minutes, 58 minutes less than before while the Lhasa-Beijing train runs 47 hours and 4 minutes, 56 minutes less than before; Lhasa-Shanghai train journey be four hours less than before; the Xining-Lhasa train trip will be reduced over two hours; the Lanzhou-Lhasa train duration will be shortened over one hour and the Chengdu-Lhasa trip will be shortened more than three hours.
Though the train is speeding up, ticket price to Tibet will keeps as usual without any price change