Golmud Airport operates flights to and from [wiki=1de7b02941d7f3e59479fd39139696fc]Xining[/wiki] and [wiki=0161bb061215dd12cf010e11e2031971]Xian[/wiki].
Golmund station (Qinghai Huochezhan) is on Jiangyuan Road and has direct connections with the following major cities:
[wiki=78fb473f134eed43c959f9ebdeeb4050]Beijing[/wiki] (34 hours), [wiki=f4aa575f70b3f78887deb96ce611b187]Chengdu[/wiki], (28 hours), [wiki=55b210da416ad9696c6dd74e4b836b7e]Chongqing[/wiki] (28 hours), [wiki=50a13d0dbb195487a4b6c602ea0fe532]Guangzhou[/wiki] (46 hours), [wiki=53e9fb001ca574c9c4df7c452448334b]Lanzhou[/wiki] (16-17 hours), [wiki=19a7ad579baa4d6a47af75e82ecedd81]Lhasa[/wiki] (14 hours), [wiki=5466ee572bcbc75830d044e66ab429bc]Shanghai[/wiki] (37 hours) and [wiki=1de7b02941d7f3e59479fd39139696fc]Xining[/wiki] (14-16 hours), [wiki=5da8b6870844479e692c0d9f102d6750]Xi'an[/wiki] (20-22 hours)
The following cities are connected to Golmud by direct bus links:
[wiki=0de270b46c801a0920a9bdd250b99d1f]Dunhuang[/wiki] (11 hours), [wiki=19a7ad579baa4d6a47af75e82ecedd81]Lhasa[/wiki] (30-42 hours), Mangya (=Huadugou) (10 hours), Delingha (5 hours) - city is closed to foreigners, you can get there from Tianjun, [wiki=1de7b02941d7f3e59479fd39139696fc]Xining[/wiki]
There are a few cheap hotels located around the train and bus stations, but they tend to be noisy and grubby.
* Jindi binguan (金地宾馆), next to the train station, singles from ¥50, doubles from ¥120.
Clean. Rooms from ¥300 (to few thousands). one of a very few hotels where you can stay in Golmud.
*Clean, nice and definitley cheaper compared to the Golmud Hotel (September 2013). Located next to the Huge Snail statue in the middle of town.