Lijiang–Shangri-La railway


The Lijiang–Shangri-La railway or Lixiang railway, is a railroad under construction in Yunnan Province of Southwest China, due to be completed in 2020. The shorthand name of the line is named after its two proposed terminal cities, Lijiang and Shangri-La.
The line is slated to run from Lijiang, the rail head of the Dali–Lijiang railway, north to Shangri-La in northwestern Yunnan. Despite approval of the project's feasibility plans by the National Development and Reform Commission in May 2009, construction did not begin until July 22 2014. Construction is expected to require six years.

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