Golmud
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[edit] Overview
Golmud is a county-level city of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China. It is the second largest city in Qinghai and the third largest in the Tibetan Plateau (after Xining and Lhasa).
[edit] History
[edit] Map
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[edit] Weather
Current Conditions (2010-09-03 20:00:00, local time)
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[edit] Getting in & Getting out
[edit] By Air
Golmud Airport operates flights to and from Xining and Xi'an.
[edit] By Train
Golmud lies along the Qingzang railway(Qinghai-Tibet Railway), a 1956 km railroad that starts from Xining and ends at Lhasa. The Golmud-Lhasa section of 1,142 km was the last and most challenging part of the Qingzang railway to be completed. After construction of 5 years, the first train for Lhasa left Golmud on July 1, 2006.
Golmund station (Qinghai Huochezhan) is located on Jiangyuan Lu, and has direct connections with the following major cities:
Beijing (34 hours), Chengdu, (28 hours), Chongqing (28 hours), Guangzhou (46 hours), Lanzhou (16-17 hours), Lhasa (14 hours), Shanghai (37 hours) and Xining (14-16 hours), Xi'an (20-22 hours)
[edit] By Bus
The follwing cities are connected to Golmud by direct bus links:
Dunhuang (11 hours) and Lhasa (30-42 hours)
