In 2025, the Urumqi Railway Bureau Group Company carefully planned to launch 12 ‘Travel Xinjiang by Train · Tianshan’ high-quality specialty tourist trains, aiming to cover different tourist seasons throughout the year and fully meet the travel needs of passengers, while bringing an unprecedented high-quality tourism experience. As early as 2023, the Urumqi Railway Bureau had invested 3 million yuan to design and create exclusive carriages for the ‘Tianshan’ tour train, including bar carriages, entertainment carriages, and dining carriages. This tour train not only equips comfortable hard sleeper and soft sleeper carriages but also implements a unique ‘one carriage, one scenery’ decoration concept inside each carriage, using high-quality fabrics to make bedding, elegant carpets laid in the corridors, and every detail shows thoughtfulness and refinement.
To provide you with an unparalleled travel experience, the ‘Tianshan’ train specially adopts 25G air-conditioned car bodies and carefully arranges hard sleeper, soft sleeper carriages, plus 1 specialty bar carriage, 1 multifunctional leisure carriage, and 1 high-quality dining carriage, ensuring your journey is both comfortable and fun.
Comprehensive Analysis of the Tianshan Tour Train for Xinjiang
I. Product Description
The Tianshan Tour Train is a paradigm of the perfect fusion of tourist trains and tourism products. It is not just a train ticket, but a carefully planned journey to Xinjiang. Exclusively crafted by the Urumqi Railway Bureau and jointly launched with travel agencies, this is a unique product that combines tourism with train travel. Friends who wish to book the Tianshan Tour Train, please directly contact Mai Zi, the customer manager of the official booking center of the Tianshan Tour Train: 132 01333409. By adding her as a friend, you can consult for free and obtain detailed route information.
II. Departure Time
The operating period of the Tianshan Tour Train for Xinjiang is from May to October every year, with the first departure on May 7 or May 1, and a new train departs every 15 days. However, please note that specific dates may be adjusted, and it is recommended to consult the official customer service of the Tianshan Tour Train Center in advance for confirmation.
III. Operating Route
The operating route of the Tianshan Train tourist train covers the panoramic view of southern and northern Xinjiang. Starting from Urumqi, it passes through Beitun, Yining, Turpan, Kuqa, Aksu, Kashgar, and finally returns to Urumqi, forming a complete train loop tour.
IV. Scenic Spots Along the Way
This tourist train will take tourists to experience the geographical features of Xinjiang’s "three mountains and two basins", passing through popular attractions such as Tianshan Tianchi, Kanas, Sayram Lake, Nalati, Kashgar Old Town, and more. Tourists will enjoy an "all-inclusive" service, from snow-capped mountains to plateaus, from lakes to deserts, from Gobi deserts to oases, from grasslands to villages. The geographical and cultural landscapes of Xinjiang will be taken in at a glance, realizing a worry-free journey across Xinjiang.
V. Included Services
The service content of the Tianshan Train tourist train is very rich, including the Tianshan Train ticket from and to Urumqi, meals throughout the journey, luxury hotel accommodation, air-conditioned tourist buses, excellent tour guide service, travel agency liability insurance, entrance tickets to scenic spots, scenic area shuttles, and Urumqi pick-up and drop-off services, all included in one price. Besides scenic entertainment projects that you want to experience, there is almost nothing else that requires additional expenses.
VI. Booking Process and Booking Precautions
Since the Tianshan Train is a customized tourist train, you can call Maizi at 132 01333409, the official booking center of the Tianshan Train, for consultation and booking.
The Tianshan Train does not sell train tickets separately. They need to be booked together with tourism products. When booking tickets, ID card information is required, and a unified electronic contract on the national tourism supervision platform needs to be signed.
Prices are determined based on the travel date and selected route, and may vary due to the peak and off-peak seasons of tourism in Xinjiang and different travel dates. Therefore, it is recommended that you select a suitable travel time and tourism product in advance.
Provide your personal name and ID card number to customer service to confirm the departure time and tourism product. Prepay the train ticket deposit and sign the unified electronic contract of national tourism service supervision to complete the registration.
Since the Tianshan Train is a customized tourist train that operates regularly with only 2 trips per month and 12 trips per year, it is recommended that you book in advance to avoid affecting your travel plans. Based on sales and booking situations in the past two years, tickets for the Tianshan Train are very limited. It is recommended that you consult customer service in advance to understand detailed itinerary arrangements and costs so that you can better plan your trip.
VII. Car Body and Facilities
The Tianshan Train car body adopts the AC380V25G passenger car body, consisting of hard sleeper carriages, soft sleeper carriages, bar carriages, multi-functional leisure carriages, and dining carriages. The facilities in the train are complete, including a children’s entertainment area and a bar leisure area, making your journey more colorful.
VIII. Conclusion
"Take the Train to Explore Xinjiang: Tianshan Train", a high-quality themed tourist train, is fully created by China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd., featuring a travel mode of "the train moves according to tourists, and stops when tourists play". The route connects major tourist cities in Xinjiang, including Urumqi, Beitun, Yining, Turpan, Kuqa, Aksu, Kashgar, among others, with a one-way journey lasting 14 days. Choosing the Tianshan Train means choosing an unforgettable journey in Xinjiang.