Bullet trains run in eight Yunnan cities, prefectures
The news was updated on February 26, 2019.
In the flowering season of spring, the bullet trains that run through the verdant mountains in Yunnan form a most beautiful scene.
Since 2015, eight cities and prefectures in Yunnan have been connected by bullet trains. In 2016, the Shanghai-Kunming, Yunnan-Guangxi and Kunming-Yuxi lines allowed Kunming, Yuxi, Qujing and Wenshan to have bullet trains. In 2018, Chongxiong and Dali were included into the national high-speed rail network. At the beginning of 2019, Lijiang and Honghe were linked to Kunming by bullet trains.
27.319 billion yuan was invested in high-speed railways in 2018. As of February 21, China Railway Kunming Group has served 6.812 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 25.4%.
In 2019, construction of the Kunming-Chongqing high-speed railway will begin in Yunnan, the Yunnan section of the Chengdu-Guiyang line will complete, and the Guangong-Yongren section of the Chengdu-Kunming line will be renovated. Progress will be made in building the Panzhihua-Dali-Lijiang, Mengzi-Wenshan and Lincang-Qingshuihe railways. More than 28 billion yuan will be invested in these rail projects.
