The Lijiang–Shangri-la railway ()
or Lixiang railway (), is an electrified
railway
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in
Yunnan Province
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of
Southwest
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China
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. The shorthand name of the line is named after its two terminal cities,
Lijiang
Lijiang ( zh, s= ), formerly romanized as Likiang, is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It has an area of and had a population of 1,253,878 at the 2020 census whom 288,787 lived in the built-up area (metro) ...
and
Shangri-la
Shangri-La is a fictional place in Tibet's Kunlun Mountains, Uses the spelling 'Kuen-Lun'. described in the 1933 novel '' Lost Horizon'' by the British author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently ...
. The railway opened on 26 November 2023.
The railway runs from
Lijiang railway station
Lijiang railway station () is a railway station in Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Lijiang, Yunnan, China. It is the northern terminus of the Dali–Lijiang railway and the southern terminus of the Lijiang–Shangri-La railway
The Lijiang–Sh ...
of the
Dali–Lijiang railway, north to
Shangri-la
Shangri-La is a fictional place in Tibet's Kunlun Mountains, Uses the spelling 'Kuen-Lun'. described in the 1933 novel '' Lost Horizon'' by the British author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently ...
in northwestern Yunnan.
It will have a design speed of .
Despite approval of the project's feasibility plans by the
NDRC in May 2009, construction did not begin until July 22, 2014.
At the time, construction was expected to take six years.
It was subsequently expected to open by the end of 2021.
The railway opened on 26 November 2023,
with delays caused by flooding and landslips in the complex geological conditions.
Passenger stations
*
Lijiang
Lijiang ( zh, s= ), formerly romanized as Likiang, is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It has an area of and had a population of 1,253,878 at the 2020 census whom 288,787 lived in the built-up area (metro) ...
(丽江), connect to
Dali–Lijiang railway
*
Lashihai (拉市海)
*
Xiaozhongdian (小中甸)
*
Shangrila (香格里拉)
See also
*
List of railways in China
The following is a list of conventional lines of rail transport in China. For the high-speed network, see List of high-speed railway lines in China.
North–south direction
Beijing–Harbin Corridor
* Jingqin railway; Beijing– Qinhuang ...
References
Railway lines in China
Rail transport in Yunnan
Railway lines opened in 2023
Transport in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Transport in Lijiang
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