Construction of tunnel along China-Myanmar international railway underway

10 May 2019
Construction of tunnel along China-Myanmar international railway underway
Dali to Lincang Railway. Screen grab from Chinese bridge/YouTube

The construction of a tunnel along a section of the China-Myanmar international railway is underway in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Xinhua reported quoting local railway authorities.

The Dalin (Dali-Lincang) railway project department of the Railway No. 10 Engineering Group Co., Ltd said that, so far, more than 3,700 meters of the tunnel has been excavated.

The Dali-Lincang Railway, with a length of 202 km and a designed speed of 160 km per hour, is a key section of the China-Myanmar international railway. It is scheduled to be completed and open to traffic in 2021.

Construction on the 10.6 km Hongdoushan Tunnel started in May 2016.