New railway linking China's Shangri-La with Lijiang opens
2023-11-27 09:40:06 source：CGTN
November 26, 2023
A winding new railway, the Lijiang-Shangri-La Railway, connecting two well-known tourist cities in picturesque Yunnan Province, southwest China, opened on Sunday, according to China State Railway Group.
Departing from Shangri-La at Sunday noon, the first train reached Lijiang in 1.5 hours, and is scheduled to arrive at the provincial capital Kunming in 4.5 hours.
The new railway has a design speed of 140 kilometers per hour and a total length of 139 kilometers, cutting the fastest travel time between the two cities to one hour and 18 minutes.
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