Lijiang–Shangri-La railway
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The Lijiang–Shangri-La railway or Lixiang railway (simplified Chinese: 丽香铁路; traditional Chinese: 麗香鐵路; pinyin: lìxiāng tiělù), is an electrified railway under construction in Yunnan Province of Southwest China, due to be completed in 2021. The shorthand name of the line is named after its two proposed terminal cities, Lijiang and Shangri-La.
The line is slated to run 139 km (86 mi) from Lijiang railway station of the Dali–Lijiang railway, north to Shangri-La in northwestern Yunnan.[1] It will have a design speed of 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph).[2] Despite approval of the project's feasibility plans by the National Development and Reform Commission in May 2009, construction did not begin until July 22, 2014.[3] At the time, construction was expected to take six years.[3] It was subsequently expected to open by the end of 2021,[2] but as of May 2022[update] was still under construction, with delays caused by flooding and landslips in the complex geological conditions.[citation needed]
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- ^ "云南：丽江至香格里拉铁路开建". 云南迪庆报 (in Chinese). June 12, 2009. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ a b "云南丽江站既有线"接轨"丽香铁路_神州瞭望网_新时代新瞭望". www.zgszlw.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ a b Jieru, Ge (July 23, 2014). Salter, Brian (ed.). "Lijiang-Shangrila railway starts construction". China Daily.
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