Price for the Xinjiang Tourist Dedicated Train, the New Oriental Express, in 2025
Camel bells tinkling, a bustling crowd, this is the Western Regions!
Traveling through Xinjiang by train is also a novel way to experience a complete tour of the 1.6 million square kilometers of Xinjiang.
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Special services of the high-end luxury dedicated train:
* The itinerary is a high-end, personalized custom-made product that fully meets customer needs. The train mostly operates at night, with stops during the day for sightseeing, ensuring safety, reliability, and comfort.
* VIP reception is provided throughout the journey, with dedicated vehicles for exclusive use. At each destination, the train waits locally.
* The soft sleeper compartment assigned to each passenger on the dedicated train remains unchanged throughout the journey, equipped with private or shared shower and toilet facilities.
* Enjoy VIP privileges throughout the journey, including hands-free assistance with large luggage (except at airports).
* Chinese cuisine is served throughout the journey. The dining car seats four people per table, with eight dishes and one soup per table for main meals. Each passenger receives one bottle of mineral water upon boarding at each station.
* Each carriage is equipped with a dedicated attendant who tidies up regularly every day to maintain neatness and beauty. Rooms are supplied with mineral water, hot tea, and fruit. Laundry services are also available at an additional charge.
* The bar car is equipped with coffee tables, TVs, audio equipment, karaoke, and a piano, providing alcoholic beverages and mahjong tables.
The dining car and comfortable bar car of the Xinjiang Eastern Express allow guests to enjoy comfort similar to being at home and various entertaining services. Train travel can also be this comfortable – whether having a drink in the dining car, resting in the compartment, or playing the piano, watching movies, enjoying afternoon tea, singing karaoke, or participating in artistic lectures in the bar car.
The interior of the new train carriages is mainly decorated with dark wood materials, featuring a calm and unified style, which has received praise from domestic and foreign customers. It is recommended that the soft decoration of the Xinjiang Eastern Express continue in a soft and simple style, with high-quality pure white bedding as the main feature, maintaining the simple and elegant style of high-end luxury trains.
Xinjiang Eastern Express tourist train route: (0408 schedule)
Take the Xinjiang Eastern Express to tour the world’s first desert railway loop – the [He-Ruo Railway]: It is located at the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, the second largest mobile desert in the world, known as the "Sea of Death". About three-quarters of the route crosses through deserts and gobies. After three and a half years of arduous efforts, it was finally completed and opened to traffic. The completion and opening of the He-Ruo Railway completely broke the transportation bottleneck in southern Xinjiang, ending the history of no railway access for five counties – Lop, Cele, Yutian, Qiemo, and Minfeng, as well as three regiments of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. From now on, the distance from southern Xinjiang to other parts of the country has been shortened by more than 1,000 kilometers, greatly facilitating the travel of people along the route. Moreover, with this convenient transportation corridor connecting northwest and southwest China, as well as Central and West Asia, cotton, walnuts, red dates, minerals, and other products along the route can be directly transported outside Xinjiang, with transportation costs reduced by half. Truly, the "Sea of Death" has been enclosed into a "Ring of Hope".
Below are the schedules and prices for the 2023 Xinjiang Eastern Express apricot blossom viewing special train. Some seats are already fully booked.
Limited seats available. Currently, some Gold Diamond and Blue Diamond seats are nearly sold out.
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Departure date: April 8, 2023 (arrival in Urumqi)
Uniform pricing:
Urumqi departure and return: Gold Diamond carriage with 8 people per section, 2 people per room, 29,999 yuan/person (18-person VIP group); Blue Diamond carriage with 28 people per section, 4 people per room, 16,999 yuan/person (20-person VIP group); Upgraded Blue Diamond carriage with 14 people per section, 2 people per room, 24,999 yuan/person (20-person VIP group); Single room surcharge for Gold Diamond: 18,000 yuan/person (single occupancy on both train and land); Single room surcharge for Blue Diamond: 4,500 yuan/person (single occupancy on both train and land)