In 2025, Xinjiang had operated multiple tourist trains, including ‘New Oriental Express’ tourist trains, ‘Tianshan’ tourist trains, and Tarim Basin Circuit tourist trains. Specifically:?
‘New Oriental Express’ Tourist Train: In 2025, there were multiple departures, such as the limited edition journey departing from Urumqi on March 29th.?
‘Tianshan’ Tourist Train: In 2025, China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd. launched 13 high-quality special tourist trains named ‘Travel Xinjiang by Train – Tianshan’.?
Other special trains, such as the Tarim Basin Circuit tourist trains, also have multiple departure records.?
In addition, by 2024, Xinjiang had operated a total of 100 tourist trains, including 31 ‘New Oriental Express’ tourist trains, 12 ‘Tianshan’ tourist trains, and 15 Tarim Basin Circuit tourist trains.?
. These data indicate that there is a large number of tourist trains in Xinjiang, providing tourists with diversified travel options.?