Night train route
Dunhuang Sleeper Y667/668
Lanzhou → Dunhuang · China
The branded “Dunhuang” sleeper leaves Lanzhou at 18:00 and follows the Hexi Corridor’s Great Wall forts overnight, arriving near the Mogao caves by dawn.
How this line was checked
- The 164 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 1474854 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 95.6% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 36 m); the longest stretch away from it is 14.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: China Railway 12306 — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Dunhuang Sleeper Y667/668?
The Dunhuang Sleeper Y667/668 runs 1,133 km from Lanzhou to Dunhuang.
How long does the Dunhuang Sleeper Y667/668 take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 12 h 48 min for the 1,133 km. That is an average of 89 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.
Who runs the Dunhuang Sleeper Y667/668?
China Railway, with 25T sleeper stock.
How old is the Dunhuang Sleeper Y667/668?
The line has been in service since 2014. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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