Yunnan-Tibet Railway

Viaduct of the Dali – Lijiang railway line

The Yunnan-Tibet Railway ( Chinese  滇藏 铁路 , Pinyin Diān-Zàng tiělù , English Yunnan-Tibet Railway ) is a railway line under construction , the Kunming , the capital of the southwest Chinese province of Yunnan , with Lhasa , the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region to connect. Its total length is 1,594.4 km. The section between Dali and Lijiang was completed at the end of 2009. Construction work on the next section to Shangri-La began in 2014 and should be completed by 2020. The route continues via Bomê and Bayi .

Web links

• China's Railway Project: Where will it take Tibet? (pdf; 555 kB). Chapter: Dali-Nyingtri-Lhasa Route. DIIR Publications 2001. - English
• China sets out to build second railway to Tibet (offline)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Kunming - Lijiang direct rail line to open on New Year's Day , December 22, 2009
2. ^ Work commences on Lijiang-Shangri-la Railroad , July 29, 2014