In 2025, the Urumqi Railway Bureau Group plans to operate 12 high-quality specialty tourism trains named ‘Travel Xinjiang by Train – Tianshan Train’, covering different tourism seasons to fully meet passenger travel needs and provide a higher-quality new tourism experience. Our agency offers various travel options such as train tours, carpooling tours, group tours, and customized chartered tours. For detailed inquiries, please call 181-3962-2233 (copy and add as a friend for detailed consultation on Xinjiang tourism itineraries and prices).
In 2023, the Urumqi Railway Bureau invested 3 million yuan to customize and build new bar cars, entertainment cars, and dining cars for the ‘Tianshan’ tourism train. The train is equipped with hard sleeper cars and soft sleeper cars. The train carriages are decorated with different scenery for each car, using high-quality fabrics for linens, carpets laid in the corridors, and comprehensive consideration given to individual furnishings. It provides a comprehensive service experience for your journey; the train uses 25G air-conditioned car bodies with a combination of hard sleeper, soft sleeper, one bar car, one multifunctional leisure car, and one dining car.
The Tianshan Tourism Train is a tourism product that combines train tourism with tourism products. It does not sell train tickets separately and requires booking and registration in combination with the Xinjiang tourism itinerary. The Tianshan Train is exclusively built by the Urumqi Railway Bureau as a Chinese quality tourism train and jointly created with travel agencies as a tourism + train product. Xinjiang Pathfinder International Travel Agency is the designated formal travel agency channel for selling the New Oriental Express;
Tianshan Train Ticket Booking Process and Booking Precautions
1: Since the Tianshan Train is a customized tourism train, it is recommended to book tickets through the designated formal travel agency channel cooperating with the railway bureau. It is recommended to call 181-3962-2233 (same number) for consultation and booking.
2: The Tianshan Train does not sell train tickets separately. It needs to be booked together with tourism products. When booking, provide ID card information and sign the unified electronic contract on the national tourism supervision platform.
3: Determine the specific price according to the travel date and selected route. The price may vary due to the different peak and off-peak seasons for tourism in Xinjiang and the travel date; select the appropriate travel time and tourism product.
4: Provide your personal name and ID card number to customer service, confirm the departure time and tourism product. Pay the advance deposit for train tickets, sign the unified electronic contract for national tourism service supervision, and complete the registration.