China Travel Forum

[Fred Galt]

Hello ! got a question concerning the still missing piece in my routing

through china.

would like to get from urumqi to Golmud, and wondering if there are busses

running or trains even,even a flight would be fine.

problem is that in my China travel guide it doesnt really come up with any

fancy connection.

If anyone knows any alternative way to get there, like hitchhiking on a

truck, and knows roughly how long thats gonna take, i´d be fine with that

as well.

Thanks for any info

[Ice Road]

There're no direct trains for this route. I'm not sure if there're direct buses, but I doubt so.

2 options for you to consider:

a) Urumqi -- train -- Lanzhou -- train -- Golmud

b) Urumqi -- train -- Dunhuang -- bus -- Golmud

I probably prefer the 1st one although it's a bit longer. Trains are much more comfortable and cheaper than buses.