Countdown to traffic! The most beautiful scenic road from Lijiang to Shangri-La is shortened to 1.5 hours, ushering in an era of convenience for tourists

According to news on November 11, recently, a vehicle that passed the static acceptance test successfully drove out of Lijiang Station, marking that the Lijiang-Shangri-La Railway (Lixiang Railway) has officially entered the dynamic acceptance stage, and the entire railway line is about to be put into operation. A solid foundation was laid.

Dynamic acceptance is a systematic and comprehensive debugging jointly carried out by the railway department and the construction unit after the static acceptance is passed to comprehensively inspect and accept the safe operation status of the overall railway project.

According to our understanding, once the dynamic acceptance begins, it means that the Lixiang Railway has officially entered the countdown to opening to traffic. The railway plans to officially start operation before the end of the year. Lixiang Railway is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, connecting Lijiang City and Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It has a total length of 139.7 kilometers and a design speed of 140 kilometers per hour. It has four passenger stations in Lijiang, Lashihai, Xiaozhongdian, and Shangri-La

The newly built 34 bridges and 20 tunnels bring the total length of bridges and tunnels of Lixiang Railway to 101.77 kilometers, accounting for 73.4% of the total length of the entire line. The line climbs north from the Lijiang Basin at an altitude of 2,400 meters to the Shangri-La Basin at an altitude of 3,400 meters, passing through the plateau snow-capped mountains. After the Lixiang Railway is opened to traffic, it will be connected to the Kunchu Railway. The running time from Kunming to Shangri-La is expected to be shortened to about 5 hours. It will end the history of railway inaccessibility in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province and greatly improve the northwest Yunnan region. railway network.

The "Most Beautiful Sky Road" is about to usher in the "motor train era" and connects famous scenic spots such as Lijiang Old Town, Lashihai, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Haba Snow Mountain, and Shangri-La. In the past, tourists going to Shangri-La could only choose to take a bus, chartered car or self-driving. The whole journey took about 4 hours. However, with the opening of Lixiang Railway, this time will be shortened to less than 1.5 hours

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