The Mile-Mengzi high-speed railway in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, a key section of the China-Vietnam international passage, opened for operation on Dec 16.
It is the first intercity high-speed railway in the country's autonomous prefectures of the ethnic minority groups and a key part of the east channel of the Trans-Asian Railway.
The Mile-Mengzi high-speed railway in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, opens for operation on Dec 16. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Starting from the Mile Station of the Nanning-Kunming high-speed railway, the line passes Kaiyuan and reaches the Honghe Station in Mengzi.
With a total length of 106 kilometers, the railway has a designed speed of 250 kilometers per hour and five stations. The length of bridges and tunnels of the railway is about 48.91 kilometers, accounting for 45.8 percent of the entire line.
A bird's-eye view of the Mile-Mengzi high-speed railway in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Upon operation, travel time between Kunming South Railway Station and Honghe Station will be lessened to 69 minutes and it will take passengers only half an hour to travel between Mile, Kaiyuan and Mengzi.
Its operation will make it much easier for local people to travel to other regions and boost development of tourism and other industries.
The railway is also expected to help speed up development, rural vitalization and high-level opening-up in affected areas.
Many enterprises such as China Railway Group Limited have contributed to the project.
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
