Chongqing-Kunming High-speed Railway is expected to start construction within this year and end the transit period.
On September 11, the official website of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission forwarded the approval of the National Development and Reform Commission on the feasibility study report on the new Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway, which is expected to be built in 2025 after passing through Weining County, Bijie City.
The Chongqing-Kunming High-speed Railway is an important part of the Beijing-Kunming Passage, which is the main passageway of the "Eight Longitudinal and Eight Horizontal" high-speed railway in the long-term planning of the national railway network. It is also a fast passenger passageway connecting the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration and the central Yunnan urban agglomeration, and it is a key project of
The project starts from Chongqing West Railway Station, links up with Chengdu-Kunming High-speed Railway through Jiangjin District and Yongchuan District of Chongqing City, Luzhou City and Yibin City of Sichuan Province, Bijie City of Guizhou Province, Zhaotong City of Yunnan Province, Qujing City to Kunming South Railway Station and Chengdu-Kunming High-speed Railway.
The Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway is designed according to double-track and 350 kilometers per hour. There are 20 stations (one reserved station). The mileage of the line is about 699 kilometers. The total investment estimate is 141.6 billion yuan, and the construction period of the whole line is 6 years. The transportation capacity of this project is 30 million people in one direction in the future year.
It is understood that the Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway passes through the northwest of Weining County, Bijie City, Zhejiang Province. It is about 20 kilometers long in Weining. Guizhou Railway officials said that although the Chongqing-Kunming High-speed Railway only passes through Weining, Guizhou, after the completion of the planned Liupanshui-Weining-Zhaotong Intercity Railway, it will be able to access the Zhaotong East Station on on the Chongqing-Kunming High-speed Railway smoothly, and Guizhou will also enjoy the "welfare" brought by the Chongqing-Kunming High-speed Railway.