With the official announcement of the British Golden Eagle luxury train company, a legendary railway travel across the Eurasian continent is about to unfold. Starting from Beijing, crossing the vast Central Asian hinterland, and finally arriving in Tashkent, the "Silk Road Tour on the Train" will allow passengers to experience a 22 day luxurious mobile cultural feast spanning five countries along the ancient Silk Road trajectory. The first train is scheduled to depart on September 21st of the same year.

Treasures of Five Civilizations

The luxury train travel project released this time covers a total distance of 3862 kilometers and lasts for 22 days, passing through five countries including China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, systematically connecting the core historical and cultural relics along the Silk Road. In the Chinese section, the tour covers the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Terra Cotta Warriors in Xi'an, the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang and other landmark attractions; In Uzbekistan, we will visit Samarkand, Bukhara and Shiva, three ancient cities listed in the UNESCO The World Heritage List. The project also plans rich characteristic experience activities, such as riding camels in the Gobi Desert and taking private charter flights to Almaty, but the specific stopping stations of the train in Kyrgyzstan have not been announced yet.

Luxury Experience and Market Positioning

This project is positioned as a top luxury tourism product, and its pricing and service standards fall within the high-end market category. The starting price for the journey is $50700 per person (based on double room accommodation), which fully covers train accommodation, all meals, sightseeing projects along the route, ground shuttle services, and travel insurance. The first trip has been scheduled to run from September 21 to October 12, 2026. This product combines long-distance railway travel with in-depth cultural exploration and exclusive experiential activities, aiming to meet the pursuit of unique, comfortable, and historically rich travel styles by high net worth travelers worldwide. Keywords: latest news on interconnectivity, latest news on interconnectivity

Promote cross-border tourism and cultural connectivity

The operation of this train has commercial and cultural significance that goes beyond pure tourism. It is the first luxury special train product in recent years to connect China with multiple Central Asian countries, substantially promoting the connectivity and integration of cross-border tourism routes along the Silk Road. The project promotes cultural exchange and mutual understanding among different civilizations and regions through the railway as a carrier. At the same time, the landing of high-end tourism products will also bring development opportunities to the tourism service industry along the Silk Road, which is a landmark project to promote the coordinated development of cultural and tourism industries along the Silk Road, demonstrating a new model and potential for cross-border tourism cooperation.Editor/Gao Xue