Gansu opens special tourism train between Tianshui and Pingliang

The Lanzhou city railway administration in the city of Lanzhou, Gansu province will run tour train No Y681/4 linking Tianshui city and Pingliang city from May 15.

The train will depart at 15:48 pm and arrive in Pingliang at 8:13 am the next day, passing through Longxi county, Lanzhou city and Baiyin city.

The return train will start at 21:27 pm on May 16 and arrive at Tianshui around 18 hours later.

It’s equipped with six air-conditioned coaches with both hard and soft seats. The hard seats cost 197 yuan ($30.30) and soft ones cost 124 yuan. The special train is being opened to improve traffic conditions in Qingyang city and to bolster the travel industry and railway logistics.

Edited by Peter Nordlinger