A luxury tourist train is expected to make debut next year on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway that opened this July, a high-ranking official of the Qinghai Province has said.

The train, the first of its kind on the newly-opened railway, will be operated by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company in cooperation with foreign tourist agencies. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway Company is based in Xining, capital of Qinghai in China's remote northwest.

The luxury train will be equipped the most advanced equipment in the world and will rival the star-rated hotels in terms of convenience and comfort.

The train will be operated in line with the advanced management modes in the world. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the first to link Tibet to the rest of China, starts in Xining and ends in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. It was opened on July 1.