A Health Card Required to Take a Train Ride!!

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A Health Card Required to Take a Train Ride!!

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I was reading an ad in the Shanghai Daily. It was advertizing a train ride that is so high it is over 5,000 meters.

Part of the City of La Paz, Bolivia is 4,000 meters. Normally it takes people 3 days to adjust to the altitude. The high

altitude also causes severe headaches until you get used to the height. But this add is for 5,072 meters. I can’t even

imagine it. The part of the ad that I think doesn’t attract tourists says every train has a doctor aboard. If it is that dangerous

I don’t think it would attract that many people. I’m attaching the ad here as it is so amusing it is a must read!

• Qinghai-Tibet Railway

This route contains the world’s highest train station at Tanggula Pass in Tibet at 5,072 meters above sea level.

The high-elevation railway connects Xining in Qinghai Province with Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

The trains wind their way past meadows, snowy mountains and Qinghai Lake, the biggest saltwater lake in China at

3,260 meters above sea level. Millions of migratory birds can be seen on the islands.

The views are breathtaking, literally, so the railway is prepared for altitude sickness. Trains are specially built for high

elevations and each passenger has an oxygen supply. Every train has a doctor.

Each passenger is required to obtain a Health Registration Card to take the train between Golmud and Lhasa. The card

can be obtained when purchasing tickets. Passengers must read the notice for high-elevation travel and sign the agreement

on the card.

Route: Xining to Lhasa, China

Duration: 24 hours

Tickets: 217-794 Yuan

Tips: Not recommended for people with heart problem or hypertension.

A Passenger Health Registration Card is required.