China will launch “the most luxurious train in the world” to ply the route from Beijing to Tibet on September 1.
According to a Xinhua report quoting the operator, the “interior of the train will be decorated according to the standards of a five-star hotel, making it the most luxurious train in the world”.
“Such a train can only seat 96 passengers. The fare would be about 20 times the normal price (about 2000 yuan or $US280) and also much more than an airline ticket,” Zhu Mingrui, general manager of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Corporation, was quoted saying.
There will be three trains, which will head from Beijing to Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, every eight days. The luxury journey will take five days.
Each train will have 12 passenger cars, two dining cars and a sight-seeing car. Each passenger car will have four 10 sqm suites featuring a double bed, a living room and bathing facilities, the report said.
The 1,956-km Qinghai-Tibet line, running from Xi’ning, capital of northwest Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, started operation in July 2006, ending Tibet’s history without railways.
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