Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou railway

Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou railway
Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou railway
	A railway section in Jianshui County, north of Lihaozhai.
Overview
Other name(s)	Kunming–Yuxi railway; Kunming–Hekou railway;
Status	Operational
Owner	China Railway
Locale	Yunnan Province
Termini	Kunming South railway station; Hekou North railway station;
Continues as	Yuxi–Mohan railway; Hanoi–Lào Cai railway;
Stations	41
Service
Type	Inter-city rail; Freight rail;
Operator(s)	China Railway Kunming Group
Rolling stock	CRH2, CR200J, HXD3C, HXD3D
History
Opened	December 1993
Last extension	1 December 2014
Upgraded	29 December 2016
Technical
Line length	388 km (241 mi)
Number of tracks	2–1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead line
Operating speed	Kunming–Yuxi: 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph) (passengers); Yuxi–Hekou: 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph) (passengers); Kunming–Hekou: 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph) (cargo);
Route map
	China
	Vietnam

The Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou railway is a standard-gauge railway in Yunnan Province of China, linking the provincial capital Kunming with the town of Hekou on the Vietnamese border. Constructed in several stages between 1989 and 2014, the Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou railway has largely replaced the Chinese section of the old metre-gauge Kunming–Haiphong railway for normal passenger and cargo transportation. The line is electrified, but single-tracked over most of its length.

The line consists of three segments:

Kunming–Yuxi railway, length 106 km (66 mi), opened in December 1993, upgraded in 2016;
Yuxi–Mengzi railway, length 141 km (88 mi), opened in February 23, 2013;
Mengzi–Hekou railway, length 141 km (88 mi), opened in December 1, 2014.

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