Night train route
Golmud–Korla Railway
Golmud → Korla · China
- Distance
- 1,206 km
- Fastest time
- ~12 h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- China Railway
- Train
- 25G sleeper stock
- Countries
- China
- In service since
- 2020
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Opened 2020 across the Altun Shan between Qinghai and Xinjiang: 1,206 km of salt flats, desert and near-total emptiness — one of the loneliest overnight rides on Earth.
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