Part of Guangzhou-Kunming High-speed Railway to open
Writer: | Editor: Vince Xie | From: | Updated: 2016-12-12
Writer: Han Ximin
A section of the Guangzhou-Kunming High-speed Railway will be opened Dec. 26, and when the whole rail line is completed, the trip from Shenzhen to Kunming, Yunnan Province, by high-speed train will be shortened from 29 hours to about 10 hours, the Shenzhen Evening News reported Thursday.
The soon-to-open section between Kunming and Nanning covers 710 kilometers, with 434 kilometers passing through Yunnan Province. The railway is designed for travel at a speed of 250 kilometers per hour. Construction of the rail line started in December 2009.
The other section of the Guangzhou-Kunming High-speed Railway — from Nanning in Guangxi to Guangzhou — has been listed in China’s mid- and long-term railway network plan for construction between 2016 and 2030. It will have a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour.
Once the whole line is completed, Shenzhen residents will be able to travel from Shenzhen North Station to Guangzhou, and then westward to Kunming in about 10 hours.