Golmud Railway Station Guide: Train Schedules, Timetable and Fare

Golmud Railway Station Guide

Chinese name:格尔木火车站

Spelt In Chinese Pinyin:Ge Er Mu Huo Che Zhan

English name: Golmud Railway Station

Golmud Railway Station, located in Golmud, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, with an elevation of 2829 meters, was built and put into use in 1979. As a second railway station 814 kilometers away from Xining Railway Station, it is governed by Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company. This station is equipped with the first automatic speed regulation system in China’s mainland.

Golmud means the place with intensive rivers in Mongolian. Lying in the inner Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it is a strategic stronghold connecting Tibet, Xinjiang and Gansu as well as an important hub in the west China. It covers an area of about 120,000 square kilometers with the central and the south parts of Tsaidam Basin and Danggula Mountains under its jurisdiction. The urban district is located in fluvial plain of Golmud in the central and south Tsaidam Basin with an average elevation of 2780 meters. It has a plateau continental climate, no intense heat in summer and no severe winter. There is a population of 270,000 of which more than 90% are city dwellers at an average age of 32. 26 ethnic groups assemble here including Han, Tibetan, Mongolian and Hui people, among which Han people take up 83%.

Trains from Golmud to Xining : timetable, seat classes and fare

Train No. Destinations Duration Seat Types | Price

Z6802

Z-train

00:05 Geermu
(格尔木)
07:15 Xining
(西宁)
07h10m

T224

T-train

01:19 Geermu
(格尔木)
08:02 Xining
(西宁)
06h43m

Z166

Z-train

02:08 Geermu
(格尔木)
08:54 Xining
(西宁)
06h46m

Z266

Z-train

03:00 Geermu
(格尔木)
10:05 Xining
(西宁)
07h05m

Z22

Z-train

06:12 Geermu
(格尔木)
13:13 Xining
(西宁)
07h01m

K9804

24:00
(格尔木)
24:00
(西宁)
99h59m

    7582

    K-train

    10:20 Geermu
    (格尔木)
    20:05 Xining
    (西宁)
    09h45m

    K9806

    K-train

    22:50 Geermu
    (格尔木)
    07:00 Xining
    (西宁)
    08h10m

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    Trains from Golmud to Beijing: timetable, seat classes and fare

    Train No. Destinations Duration Seat Types | Price

    Z22

    Z-train

    06:12 Geermu
    (格尔木)
    08:20 Beijingxi
    (北京西)
    26h08m

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    Trains from Golmud to Xian: timetable, seat classes and fare

    Train No. Destinations Duration Seat Types | Price

    T224

    T-train

    01:19 Geermu
    (格尔木)
    21:46 Xian
    (西安)
    20h27m

    Z166

    Z-train

    02:08 Geermu
    (格尔木)
    20:53 Xian
    (西安)
    18h45m

    Z266

    Z-train

    03:00 Geermu
    (格尔木)
    21:07 Xian
    (西安)
    18h07m

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    Trains from Golmud to Lhasa: timetable, seat classes and fare

    Train No. Destinations Duration Seat Types | Price

    T23

    T-train

    00:09 Geermu
    (格尔木)
    14:16 Lhasa
    (拉萨)
    14h07m

    Z265

    Z-train

    02:37 Geermu
    (格尔木)
    16:23 Lhasa
    (拉萨)
    13h46m

    Z165

    Z-train

    03:15 Geermu
    (格尔木)
    17:40 Lhasa
    (拉萨)
    14h25m

    Z6801

    Z-train

    22:26 Geermu
    (格尔木)
    11:39 Lhasa
    (拉萨)
    13h13m

    Z21

    Z-train

    22:55 Geermu
    (格尔木)
    13:03 Lhasa
    (拉萨)
    14h08m

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