This railway will soon link China to Laos
The track, China's first international railway network, is the latest project under its wide-ranging Belt and Road Initiative. Previously called"One Belt, One Road," the ambitious strategy attempts to connect a number of Asian and African countries through China's economic might.
Linking Vientiane, the capital of Laos, with Kunming, capital and largest city in China's Yunnan province, the network will eventually connect a total of 45 stations between both countries, of which about 20 will provide passenger services.According to a statement from the China Railway Group, the China-Laos train will help convert the smaller nation from"a land-locked country to a land-linked country.
Currently, the railway has a total length of more than 1,000 kilometers . It takes about three hours to travel from Kunming to the Chinese border city of Jinghong.
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