Chengdu-Kunming Railway

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Two-lane high-speed line under construction

The Chengdu-Kunming Railway ( Chinese  成昆 铁路 , Pinyin Cheng-Kun tielu , English Chengdu-Kunming Railway ) is a railway line that connects Chengdu and Kunming , the two capitals of southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces . It is one of the most important transportation links in southwest China .

Their total length is approx. 1100 km. It was built between 1958 and 1970. The route runs through the area of ​​the Hengduan Shan Mountains . The railway crosses the major rivers Min Jiang , Qingyi Jiang , Dadu He and Jinsha Jiang (Chang Jiang).

Important stops on their route are Chengdu, Pengshan , Jiajiang , Emei , Ebian , Ganluo , Xide , Xichang , Dechang , Miyi and Panzhihua in Sichuan Province and Yuanmou , Lufeng , Anning and Kunming in Yunnan Province .

In the north there are the connections:

Guancunba Central Station

In the south there are the connections:

Parallel to the existing line, a more than 900 km long high-speed line is being built, which is scheduled to open around 2020. It is the last section of the 3375 km long Beijing- Kunming high-speed corridor to be completed. The travel time will be reduced to approximately six hours.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Key Bridge Construction Phase in New High-speed Rail Route Completed in China's Yunnan. In: CCTV +. YouTube, November 7, 2017, accessed September 1, 2018 .