Classic route
Laos–China Railway
Kunming → Vientiane · China · Laos
- Distance
- 1,035 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 10 h
- Average speed
- 104 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- LCR
- Train
- Lane Xang EMU
- Countries
- China, Laos
- In service since
- 2021
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Punched through jungle karst in 167 tunnels, it gave landlocked Laos its first real railway.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.4% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 3 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: LCR — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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