In 2025, the Urumqi Railway Bureau Group plans to operate 12 high-quality special tourism trains under the theme of ‘Traveling Xinjiang by Train – Tianshan Express’, covering different tourist seasons to fully meet passenger travel demands 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 brand-new bar cars, entertainment cars, and dining cars for the ‘Tianshan Express’ tourism train. The train is equipped with hard sleeper cars and soft sleeper cars. The train carriages are decorated with a unique theme for each carriage. High-quality fabrics are used for beddings, carpets are laid in the corridors, and every detail is thoughtfully considered. It provides a comprehensive service experience for your journey; the train uses 25G air-conditioned carriages with a combination of hard sleepers, soft sleepers, one bar car, one multi-functional leisure car, and one dining car.
The Tianshan Express is a tourism product that combines a train tourism train with tourism products. It does not sell train tickets separately and requires booking and registration in combination with a Xinjiang tourism itinerary. The Tianshan Express is exclusively created by the Urumqi Railway Bureau as a China-quality tourism train and jointly developed 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;
Booking process and precautions for the Tianshan Express
1: Since the Tianshan Express is a customized tourism train, it is recommended to book tickets through designated formal travel agencies cooperating with the railway bureau. It is recommended to call 181-3962-2233 (same number) for consultation and booking.
2: The Tianshan Express 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 peak and off-peak seasons of tourism in Xinjiang and different travel dates; select the appropriate travel time and tourism product.
4: Provide personal name and ID card number to customer service, confirm the departure date and tourism product. Pay the train ticket deposit in advance, sign the unified electronic contract for national tourism service supervision, and complete the registration.