To support tourism in Xinjiang, the railway department has specially launched the ‘Travel Xinjiang by Train·Tianshan’ high-quality special tourist train, adopting a ‘special train + shuttle bus’ model to incorporate the self-driving route of the Duku Highway into the itinerary. After disembarking from the Kuitun Station, passengers will be picked up by a shuttle bus to start their self-driving journey on the Duku Highway. After enjoying the scenery, they will return to the Ili Station to continue their train journey, featuring ‘the train follows the passengers, and the passengers play while the train stops’, fully satisfying the travel needs of passengers. Our agency offers a variety of travel options for everyone to choose from, including private train tours, carpooling tours, group tours, and customized chartered bus tours. For detailed inquiries, please call: 181-3962-2233 (copy and add as a friend for detailed inquiries about Xinjiang travel itineraries and prices).
This ‘fully inclusive’ service not only meets the needs of passengers for comfortable travel by train, but also allows them to experience the joy of driving through the Duku Highway, truly realizing a worry-free trip throughout the journey.
The ‘Travel Xinjiang by Train·Tianshan’ high-quality special tourist train is one of the products under the ‘Travel Xinjiang by Train’ tourism brand. It is equipped with KTV, bars, dining carriages, and other facilities. Some compartments have private bathrooms. The soft and hard bedding materials are made of comfortable fabrics, and are ensured to be changed for each passenger during the trip, providing high-quality travel services for passengers to enjoy Xinjiang.
The entire train is equipped with sleeper seats, featuring three types of configurations: high-class sleeper carriages, soft sleeper carriages, and hard sleeper carriages. The carriages are decorated with unique scenery for each carriage, featuring landscapes from six major regions including Altay, Aksu, Ili, Turpan, Hami, and Kashgar. Through the use of hanging paintings, prints, and other methods, the natural scenery and cultural folklore of Xinjiang are deeply integrated, allowing passengers to feel the rich ethnic customs as soon as they board the train.
The specific itinerary of the Tianshan Train is as follows:
Day 1: Departure – Urumqi (pick-up and hotel check-in)
Day 2: Urumqi – Tianchi of Mount Tianshan – Beitun
Day 3: Beitun – Kanas – Jiadenyu
Day 4: Jiadenyu – Hemu – Beitun – Jinghe
Day 5: Jinghe – Sayram Lake – Horgos – Yining
Day 6: Yining – Nalati – Yining – Turpan
Day 7: Turpan (Grape Manor – Flaming Mountain – Kanerjing) – Kuqa
Day 8: Kuqa – Tianshan Grand Canyon – Kuqa Wangfu – Aksu
Day 9: Aksu – Shenmu Garden – Kashgar
Day 10: Kashgar – Karakul Lake – Kashgar
Day 11: Kashgar – Old City – Mosque – Kashgar – Hotan
Day 12: Desert Viewpoint – Hotan Old Town – Hotan – Urumqi
Day 13: After arriving in Urumqi in the evening, check into the hotel
Day 14: Send the group according to the return flight and train schedule
Booking methods for the Tianshan Tourism Train
The Tianshan Tourism Train does not sell train tickets separately, but books them together with tourism products. Tourists can book tickets through the following methods:
Book through a travel agency: It is recommended to choose a formal and qualified travel agency for booking. Tourists can call the customer service hotline of the travel agency or log in to its official website for consultation and booking: 181-3962-2233.
Provide personal information: When booking, tourists need to provide their personal name and ID number to determine the departure time and tourism product.
Pay the deposit and sign the contract: After successful booking, tourists need to pay the deposit for the train tickets and transfer the deposit to the designated account of the travel agency. At the same time, tourists also need to sign the unified electronic contract for national tourism service supervision to complete the registration process.