How to book tickets on the official website of the Tianshan Train in 2025? In 2025, the Urumqi Railway Bureau Group Company has carefully planned to launch 12 high-quality special tourist trains, ‘Traveling Xinjiang by Train: Tianshan Train’, aimed at covering different tourist seasons throughout the year and fully meeting passengers’ travel needs, while bringing an unprecedented high-quality travel experience. As early as 2023, the Urumqi Railway Bureau had invested 3 million yuan to design and create exclusive carriages for the Tianshan Train, including a bar car, an entertainment car, and a dining car. This special 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 for beddings, elegant carpets laid in corridors, and every detail demonstrates 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 and soft sleeper carriages, along with one special bar car, one multifunctional leisure car, and one high-quality dining car, ensuring that your journey is both comfortable and enjoyable.
A Comprehensive Analysis of the Tianshan Train, a Xinjiang Tourist Train
I. Product Description
The Tianshan Train is a model of the perfect fusion of tourist trains and tourism products. It is not just a train ticket but a carefully planned journey to Xinjiang. Created exclusively by the Urumqi Railway Bureau in collaboration with travel agencies, this special product combines tourism with train travel. Friends who wish to book the Tianshan Train, please directly contact Maizi, the account manager of the official booking center of the Tianshan Train, at 132 01333409. By adding her as a friend, you can consult for free and obtain detailed route information.
II. Departure Time
The operating time of the Tianshan Train, a Xinjiang tourist train, is from May to October each year, with the first departure on May 7 or May 1, and a 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 Train Center in advance for confirmation.
III. Operating Route
The operating route of the Tianshan Tourist Train covers the panoramic view of northern and southern 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 to oases, from grasslands to villages. Xinjiang’s geographical and cultural landscapes will be seen at a glance, allowing for a worry-free journey and enjoyable travel throughout Xinjiang.
V. Included Services
The service content of the Tianshan Tourist Train is very rich, including Tianshan Train tickets from and to Urumqi, full-board meals, luxury hotel accommodations, air-conditioned tourist buses, excellent tour guide services, travel agency liability insurance, entrance tickets to attractions, scenic area shuttle buses, and Urumqi airport/station transfers, all included in one price. Besides the scenic entertainment projects you want to experience, there is almost nothing extra to spend on.
VI. Booking Process and Reservation Notes
Since the Tianshan Train is a customized tourist train, you can call the official booking center of the Tianshan Train at 132 01333409 (Maizi) for inquiries and bookings.
The Tianshan Train does not sell train tickets separately; they must 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 must 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 deposit for train tickets and sign the unified electronic contract for national tourism service supervision to complete registration.
Since the Tianshan Train is a customized tourist train operating on a regular schedule with only 2 trains per month and 12 trains 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 in high demand. It is recommended that you consult customer service in advance to understand detailed itinerary arrangements and costs for better planning your trip.
VII. Car Body and Facilities
The Tianshan Train uses AC380V25G passenger car bodies, consisting of hard sleeper cars, soft sleeper cars, bar cars, multi-functional leisure cars, and dining cars. The facilities inside the train are complete, including a children’s entertainment area and a bar leisure area, making your journey more colorful and diverse.
VIII. Conclusion
"Take the Train to Explore Xinjiang: Tianshan Train", a high-quality special tourism train, is fully developed by China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd., featuring a unique travel mode of "the train moves with people, and stops when people 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.