China today is known as the master of railway technology in the world. Data at the end of 2021 indicate that train routes opened throughout China. With a length of more than 150,000 kilometers, including a high-speed rail line with a total length of more than 40,000 kilometers, China also has global railway projects to developed countries in the Western world. such as high-speed rail projects in the United States and in the UK
With the advancement in railway construction technology from the late 1990s, China was able to complete the construction of the long railway in a short time. The 2,553 km long railway linking Beijing in the mainland to Kowloon in Hong Kong was completed in three years. The 2,252 km railway line from Shanghai to Kunming in Yunnan has been constructed and connected. completed within 7 years, etc.
for the last completed railway line It is a railway line connecting cities in Yunnan Province or Yunnan Province in southwest China. This is the train route from Dali City to Baoshan City. The distance is just 133 kilometers as part of the railway line from Dali to Ruili, which borders Myanmar. The total length of the Dali-Ruili Railway is 330 kilometers, and is an electric track designed for trains at a speed of 140 kilometers per hour. Chinese media revealed that the budget for the construction of the Dali-Ruili railway is 25.730 million yuan.
China officially opened the Dali-Baoshan railway line on July 22. This closes the history of Baoshan City’s railless district as well.
It takes 2.5 hours by car from Dali to Baoshan. The newly opened railway takes about an hour, and it takes three trains from Kunming to Baoshan. hours only
Although the Dali-Baoshan Railway is just over 100 kilometers long, it holds the record for the most difficult and dangerous construction work in China and the world. So it took 14 years to build!
The construction had to cut through the mountainous regions and complex terrain. By digging tunnels to penetrate the steep cliffs and deep abyss of the Hengduan Mountain Range with 6 large saws, build bridges across 4 major rivers such as Angbi, Yinjiang and Lanchang (or the upper part of the Mekong River). in China) break through obstacles in various areas both geothermal energy fields and seismic risk zones (high geothermal heat and seismic activity)
According to Chinese state news agency Xinhua, 87 percent of the Dali-Baoshan railway line is bridges and tunnels, including 34 bridges and 21 tunnels. The “railway of the mountains” or the “railway tunnel”, as most of the railways are tunnels with a total length of 103 kilometers.
Chinese media described the difficult construction of the Dali-Baoshan Railway with tears in their eyes. It took workers up to 26 months, or more than two years. A tunnel can be dug about 156 meters … 13 years, only one tunnel can be dug! equal to the time it took to construct the Three Gorges Dam The largest in the world!
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Achieving the Dali-Bao Railway Launch this Sun It is an important step towards the construction of the Trans-Asian railway (TAR), a railway line in the western China region that will connect China with Myanmar.
Chinese state media said that in the future, goods including building materials, chemicals and electronic products would be rapidly transported from different areas to Baoshan via trains. meet the needs of the people along the way They are also exported to Myanmar and other places. Imported goods and agricultural products in the railway area will also be sold throughout the country and abroad.
This is China’s amazing dedication! in reviving the ancient Silk Road It came up in the 21st century version of the Silk Road under the framework of ‘One Belt, One Road’ Economic Cooperation.
Clip by Xinhua News Agency: Dali-Ruili Railway Construction Dali-Baoshan route
News clip from the Thai language Asia Africa Center China Central Radio and Television Station (CMG): 14 years of building the China-Myanmar Railway the hardest path