Classic route
Chengdu–Kunming Railway
Chengdu → Kunming · China
The impossible mountain line of 1970: 427 tunnels and 991 bridges through the Daliangshan, where 5-yuan slow trains still double as the Yi villages’ market bus.
How this line was checked
- The 242 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 12939686 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 85.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 61 m); the longest stretch away from it is 10 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: China Railway 12306 — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Chengdu–Kunming Railway?
The Chengdu–Kunming Railway runs 915 km from Chengdu to Kunming.
How long does the Chengdu–Kunming Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 7 h for the 915 km. That is an average of 131 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Chengdu–Kunming Railway?
China Railway Chengdu Group, with CR200J Fuxing & slow trains.
How old is the Chengdu–Kunming Railway?
The line has been in service since 1970. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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