Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company:

Full-range measures to Facilitate Leap Increase of Passenger Volume

News from the Xihua Net. Reporters get from the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company that, since the beginning of July, there has been an evidently increasing warming trend in Tibet Tour. The visitors volume to enter Tibet increase dramatically. To ease the railway transportation tension of Qinghai—Tibet railway during the summer time, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Corporation have begun to take various measures to facilitate passenger travel. Tibet has always been a major destination for China trip, and summer is the good time to travel China. From July on, the weather is good for sightseeing in Tibet, the tourist sites Potala Palace, Norbu Lingka, etc, all enjoy international fame.
Person in charge of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway said, with the support of the Ministry of Railways, in early July, the train T163 / 4 from Shanghai to Lhasa, which used to set off every other day, has changed to run a daily run rountine. Meanwhile, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Corporation also has a timely manner to operate the L9813 / 4, K9811 / 2 passenger train from Xining to Lhasa, and add some hard sleeper and hard seat compartments to the passenger trains from Xining to Lhasa, and the trains from Xining to Beijing.
For the convenience of passengers to buy tickets in Xining, Qinghai-Tibet Railway Corporation has newly opened three ticket selling sites in Xining urban area. The ticket selling time at Xining Railway Station has been advanced to 7:30 am, and the ticket selling sites in the urban area begin to work from 7:50 am. Meanwhile, measures such as restricting the sale section, reasonable passenger flow diversion for short and long distance, etc. are taken to alleviate transport pressure.