Four railway trunks like the Lanzhou-Qinghai and Qinghai-Tibet railway trunks along with 59 special railway lines, totaling 1,100 kilometers, run east and west through the province. By the end of 2000, the passenger-transport volume reached 3.52 million person times, and the cargo volume reached 8.33 million tons.

Highways:

The operational highways total 19,679 kilometers, and the highway transport network with Xining at the center radiates to all parts of the province.

Airports:

The civil aviation air routes total 10,000 kilometers, and the province has flights from Xining to Beijing, Urumqi, Lanzhou, Xi?an, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shanghai, and Lhasa.