Tibet Transportation

Transport by Land

The main highways to Tibet are the Chengdu - Lhasa,2,330 kilometers long; the Xining - Golmud-Lhasa, 1,907 kilometers long. The average elevation of the highway is above 4,000 meters, running through the mountains of Kunlun and Tanggula;the Yecheng-Burang, 1,455 kilometers. This highway is the highest highway in the world, passing through five mountains above 5,000 meters high. The highest mountain is 6,035 meters above sea level; the Xiaguan - Markam,800 kilometers long; Lhasa - Zhamud Friendship Bridge - Kathmandu, 900 kilometers. Every day, two buses shuttle between germu and Lhasa. They start from germu at eight in the morning and arrive in Lhasa the next afternoon. The detailed information is listed as followings:

Road Conditions

1. Type vary from jeep,microbus to middlebus and autobus, most vechiles used for travel are imported from Japan. All the vechiles have no air-condition and arranged according to the route and the number of the group.China Travel,China Travel,China Travel,

2. The road-condition, distance, period of course and vechile arrangement :

Airport - Lhasa : 100Km / 2 hours / bituminous macadam with flat surface / fit for all motor vechile.

Lhasa - Gyantse : 270Km / 5.5 hours / macadam road around the moutain / fit for all motor vechile.

Gyantse - Shigatse : 90Km / 1.5 hours / macadam road around the moutain / fit for all motor vechile.

Shigatse - Lhasa(new road) : 300 Km / 5.5 hours / bituminous macadam / fit for all motor vechile.

Shigatse - Zhangmu : 490Km / 15 hours / macadam road around the moutain / only fit for jeep and middlebus.

Tingri - Mt. Everest : 100Km / 3 hours / macadam road around the moutain / only fit for jeep.

Lhasa - Tsedang : 220Km / 3 hours / bituminous macadam / fit for all motor vechile.

Lhasa - Nyingchi : 430Km / 10 hours / bitminous macadam road around the moutain / fit for all motor vechile.

Lhasa - Yanjing : 1500Km / uncertainly / macadam road around the moutain / only fit for jeep.

Lhasa - Golmud : 1900Km / 48 hours / bitminous macadam / fit for all motor vechile.

Lhasa - Shiquanhe : 1800Km / uncertainly / macadam road around the moutain / only fit for jeep.

Qinghai-Tibet Railway

For centuries, Qinghai and Tibet have been regarded as some of the most inaccessible areas for tourists. ?In the past this remote inhospitable highland was only by accessible by air travel or over rough highways which prevented many lovers of Tibet from experiencing this area. The opening of the Qinghai-Tibet ends this situation.