2nd Railway Corps () of the People's Liberation Army was a

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mainly focusing on railway construction missions. It was activated in November 1956 in

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. The corps was composed of 1st,

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and 6th Railway Divisions. The corps was intended to participate in the construction of Yingtan-Xiamen railway. However, due to the change of the construction plan, the activation of the corps was aborted. On April 6, 1957, the corps was formally deactivated.中国人民解放军历史资料丛书编审委员会: 中国人民解放军历史资料丛书铁道兵综述大事记表册, , p. 87.

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