On September 29, 2019, the groundbreaking ceremony was held in the territory of the Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway in Chongqing. This marked the official opening of the Qiankun high-speed railway with a design speed of 350 kilometers. The total length of the high-speed railway is about 699 kilometers, and the total investment estimate is 141.6 billion yuan. The construction period of the whole line is 6 years. After the completion of the operation, the running time of the Chongqing-Kunming Railway was shortened from nearly 5 hours to 2 hours.

The Kunming high-speed railway starts from the Chongqing West Hub of Chongqing Hub, passing Jiulongpo, Jiangjinbei, Yongchuan South, Zhangzhou East, Zhangzhou, Nanxi, Yibin, Gaoxian, Qilian, Yanjinnan, Yanliang North, Zhaotong East, and the car. 18 stations of Huize, Tianba, Xundian, Yuming and Changshui Airport, and finally connected to Kunming South Station of Kunming Hub. The construction period of the project is 6 years. After completion and operation, it will form a large passage from Chongqing to Kunming high-speed railway. At the same time, it will further improve the network of high-speed railways in the city, providing strong support for the integrated development of Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration.

It is understood that the Kunming high-speed railway is an important component of the “eight vertical and eight horizontal” high-speed railway passages of the “medium and long-term railway network planning” of the country. The important part of the Beijing-Kunming passenger transport corridor is a high-speed service for long-distance passenger flow and inter-city passenger flow. Passenger dedicated railway. From the perspective of accelerating the opening of a new round of inland openness, after the completion of the Sui-Kun high-speed railway, it will comprehensively strengthen the exchanges between Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration and the central and western regions, and coordinate regional coordinated development to help the western region accelerate its integration into the national high-speed rail network. The docking of the “Belt and Road” construction and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Editor / Huang Lijun