As we all know, Xinjiang is China’s largest provincial-level administrative region in terms of land area, covering 1.6649 million square kilometers, which is about one-sixth of China’s total land area. Located in the core area of the "Silk Road Economic Belt" and at the forefront of China’s opening to the west, Xinjiang boasts a vast territory with many charming scenic spots and unique tourism resources.
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This "Tianshan" tourist train takes a deep circular route around the Tianshan Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, Altai Mountains, Junggar Basin, and Tarim Basin, making it ideal for a leisurely and tasteful train journey.
The newly designed northern and southern Xinjiang tourist routes bypass more than 5,000 kilometers of Gobi desert driving, providing a comfortable and safe journey to representative core scenic areas in Xinjiang, covering snow-capped mountains, plateaus, lakes, deserts, Gobi deserts, oases, grasslands, ancient villages, and more.
Therefore, the "Travel Xinjiang by Train" series has become a spectacular attraction in Xinjiang tourism.
The tourist train, featuring a "ride-and-stop" service following tourists’ schedules, connects major tourist cities in Xinjiang, including Urumqi, Beitun, Yining, Turpan, Kuqa, Aksu, and Kashgar. It is the first tourist train in Xinjiang to cover important tourist attractions in northern, southern, and eastern Xinjiang. During the journey, tourists will pass through many popular scenic spots featuring Xinjiang’s "three mountains and two basins" geography, including Tianshan Tianchi, Kanas, Sayram Lake, Nalati Grasslands, and Kashgar Old Town.
During the journey, tourists can enjoy ‘all-inclusive’ services, admiring geographical and cultural landscapes such as snow-capped mountains, plateaus, lakes, deserts, gobies, oases, grasslands, and villages, truly realizing a worry-free travel experience throughout the journey.
This ‘Tianshan Train’ tourism special train focuses on the concept of ‘the train follows the passengers, no need to change berths’. That is to say, wherever the tourists want to go, the ‘Tianshan Train’ tourism special train will take them there, and there will be no need to change trains midway.
For some attractions that are not accessible by train lines, the tourism special train will stop at nearby stations, and then tourists will take a tourist bus to the scenic area. The railway department has carefully designed tourism routes, guided by meeting the different needs of passengers, connecting famous scenic spots north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, allowing tourists to enjoy the unique scenery of both regions in one trip.
What are the characteristics of the ‘Tianshan Train’ tourism special train?
This year, the Xinjiang Railway Department plans to operate 106 tourism special trains. Among them, the ‘Travel Xinjiang by Train · Tianshan Train’ high-quality special tourism train plans to operate 12 trains.
The ‘Travel Xinjiang by Train · Tianshan Train’ high-quality special tourism train is another tourism special train created by the Xinjiang Railway Department after the ‘Kashgar Train’, ‘Aksu Train’, and other series of tourism products. Since its launch on May 1 of last year, it has been attracting numerous tourists from home and abroad with its high-quality travel experience and cost-effectiveness.
This tourism special train is equipped with three types of passenger carriages: high-class sleeper, soft sleeper, and hard sleeper. The interior decorations of the carriages also have unique Xinjiang folk characteristics. Highlighting the concept of ‘one carriage, one scenery’, it selects scenic content from six major regions: Altay, Aksu, Ili, Turpan, Hami, and Kashgar, with one theme per carriage. Through paintings, decorations, and illustrations, it deeply integrates Xinjiang’s natural scenery with cultural folklore, allowing tourists to feel a strong cultural atmosphere as soon as they board the train.
Tianshan Train (Business·Duku) · Travel Xinjiang by Train · Tourism Special Train Route: Departure – Urumqi – Tianshan Heavenly Lake – Urumqi – Beitun – Kanas – Jiadengyu – Hemu – Beitun – Kuitun – Duku Highway – Nalati – Yining – Sayram Lake – Khorgos Port – Yining – Turpan – Kuqa – Grand Canyon – Kuqa王府 (王府 should be translated as王府’s mansion but kept as is for consistency) – Aksu – Shenmu Garden – Kashgar – Karakul Lake – Kashgar – Hotan – Urumqi – Return trip.
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