1st Yunnan bridge cemented on Chongqing-Kunming railway

Workers pour concrete for the bridge. Photo/Yunnan Daily

Concrete-pouring for the first bridge on the Yunnan section of the fast Chongqing-Kunming railway was finished on October 25, marking a breakthrough in the railway construction.

The first Yunnan bridge on the railway is located in central Yunnan’s Songming county, and it took the constructor of China Railway No.4 Engineering Group four months to complete the bridge.

 

Yunnan section of the fast Chongqing-Kunming railway is under construction. Photo/Yunnan Daily  

With a designed speed of 350km/h, the Chongqing-Kunming railway is part of the national railway frame that consists of eight longitudinal rails and eight horizontal lines across China.

Also linking up the southwestern Chinese provinces of Guizhou and Sichuan, the Chongqing-Kunming railway began its construction in September 2019, and the 699km project is scheduled to be finished within six years.

 

Yunnan section of the fast Chongqing-Kunming railway is under construction. Photo/Yunnan Daily  

Upon its completion, the Chongqing-Kunming railway is expected to cut the train trip between the two mega cities to a matter of two hours from the current four hours and a half.

And it will also allow Yunnan province to serve as a faster linchpin among China, ASEAN and South Asia.

Reporting by Hu Xiaorong and Qiu Meihua (Yunnan Daily); Trans-editing by Wang Shixue