Riding the World’s Highest Railway | Best View Train to Tibet (Xining–Lhasa)

Today, I experienced the world’s highest railway — the Qinghai–Tibet Railway. I took one of its most scenic trains, departing from Xining and traveling across snow peaks, vast grasslands, and desolate no-man’s lands, all the way to Lhasa to witness the breathtaking beauty of the Tibetan Plateau. Train number: Y971 Distance: 1956 km (1215 miles) Total running time: 21h 14min Price (Soft Sleeper lower berth): 808 CNY ( 114 USD / 98 EUR / 86 GBP / 17481 JPY / 174 AUD / 158 CAD / 91 CHF / 146 SGD / 883 HKD / 162567 KRW / 3496 TWD) Timestamp: 00:00 Intro 01:02 Departure from Xining Station 03:26 Boarding — the familiar soft sleeper cabin 06:10 Locomotive change at Golmud Station 08:15 Breakfast beneath the snow peaks 10:08 Crossing the Hoh Xil no-man’s land 16:24 Lunchtime on the plateau 18:38 Climbing to the world’s highest railway point 23:25 Feeling the altitude 24:32 Spectacular scenery of the Tibetan Plateau 27:48 Arrival in China’s highest and largest city — Nagqu 29:44 A tribute to the true heroes of the Qinghai–Tibet Railway ▶ I use automatic translation of subtitles, so please excuse me if some look a little weird.