Meishan to Lhoka runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:10 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €147.19 and €186.24, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 9h 45m over 1,344 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and the dearest fare our model puts on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. Nothing here is held for you, and the operator sets the price on the day.
Indicative fares
€147.19 to €186.24
- 208%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Meishan
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below come from our own model of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:10First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey costs by departure date, from our own model. Read it as a guide to which days are dearer, not as a quote.
Indicative fares
- about €367.19Mon14
- about €254.99Tue15
- about €303.39Wed16
- about €361.14Thu17
- about €293.49Fri18
- about €279.74Sat19
- about €312.74Sun20
- about €188.99Mon21
- about €214.84Tue22
- about €186.24Wed23
- about €272.59Thu24
- about €245.64Fri25
- about €224.19Sat26
- about €229.69Sun27
- about €161.49Mon28
- about €153.79Tue29
- about €147.19Wed30
- about €199.99Thu1
- about €185.14Fri2
- about €190.64Sat3
- about €177.99Sun4
Modelled from what this route has cost, not from live availability. Nothing here is held for you, and the operator sets the price on the day.
The train gets you into Lhoka. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Lhoka for the night the train gets in
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When to book Meishan to Lhoka
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €197.2490 days
- €169.1960 days
- €144.4445 days
- €119.1430 days
- €177.9921 days
- €229.6914 days
- €312.747 days
- €303.393 days
- €367.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €119.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 208 percent. The most expensive point is €367.19, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Meishan to Lhoka and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
1,344 km
1,169 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
1,107,742 → 353,700
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,344 km against 1,169 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nyingchi, Linqiong, Ya'an, Kangding. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Shannan Railway Station
Most of the points near Shannan Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Meishan to Lhoka
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Meishan to Lhoka?
The fastest journey from Meishan to Lhoka takes 9h 45m door to door, of which 10h 25m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 10h 30m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Meishan to Lhoka?
The cheapest fare from Meishan to Lhoka is €147.19, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €229.69. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Meishan to Lhoka?
The cheapest way from Meishan to Lhoka is by train, at €186.24 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 11h 9m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Meishan to Lhoka?
Fares from Meishan to Lhoka bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €119.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 208 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Meishan to Lhoka?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Meishan to Lhoka, at €186.24. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Meishan to Lhoka?
January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Meishan to Lhoka, at €143.34 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Meishan to Lhoka?
1 operators sell services from Meishan to Lhoka across 1 mode: China Railway. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Meishan to Lhoka?
20 percent of the services we sell from Meishan to Lhoka are direct. The rest connect at Nyingchi, Linqiong, Ya'an, Kangding, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Meishan to Lhoka use?
Services from Meishan to Lhoka by train leave from Meishan Railway Station and arrive at Shannan Railway Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Meishan to Lhoka?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Meishan to Lhoka allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Meishan to Lhoka on September 13, 2026: 1344 km of route against 1169 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €147.19, and 9h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Lhoka is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Meishan reaches 22 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 54 to 1,169 km. Lhoka reaches 15 places in 1 countries, from 66 to 1,194 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Meishan
- 22Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Lhoka
Leaving Lhoka
- 15Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators