Yuxi–Mohan Railway
The Yuxi–Mohan Railway or Yumo Railway (simplified Chinese: 玉磨铁路; traditional Chinese: 玉磨鐵路; pinyin: yùmó tiělù), is a railway under construction in Yunnan Province of southwest China. The line is slated to run 503.9 km (313 mi) from Yuxi in central Yunnan to Mohan, a town in Mengla County on the border with Laos in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture of southern Yunnan.[1] The Yumo Railway is designed to "provide efficient, safe, low-carbon, affordable, railway transport" within Yunnan Province.[1] Once connected to the railway to be built in Laos, the Yumo Railway would become part of the Trans-Asian Railway and carry traffic across the Greater Mekong Subregion.[1]
Early stage construction began on September 1, 2015.[2] The project is estimated to cost ¥46.46 billion.[3] The railway will be electrified, and will have double-track from Yuxi to Jinghong and single-track from Jinghong to Mohan.[2] Cities and towns along route would include Yuxi, Pu'er, Jinghong and Mohan.
History
After China and 17 other Asian countries signed the Trans-Asian Railway Network Agreement in June 2006, the Yuxi-Mohan Railway was proposed as a component of the Singapore-Kunming Rail Link Route 2, also known as the Central Route, which would connect Kunming, Vientane, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
In September 2010, state media in Yunnan reported that the Ministry of Railways had held a planning conference for the Yuxi-Mohan Railway in August and that construction of the double track electrified line, 487.7 km (303 mi) in length and capable of accommodating trains traveling at speeds of up to 200 km/h (124 mph), would begin by the end of 2010.[4] The line was reported to cost ¥53.9 billion and take five years to build.[4] Overland travel time from Kunming to Jinghong would be reduced from 9 hours to 2.5 hours.[4]
On December 30, 2010, Chinese state media reported that early preparatory work for the Yumo Railway had been completed, but the final construction plan had not been publicized.[5] Construction began on a railway logistics center in Mohan.[5][6] The railway project was delayed, however, after the removal of Railway Minister Liu Zhijun for corruption in February 2011 and the subsequent reorganization of the Railway Ministry into the China Railway Corporation in March 2013.
A preliminary feasibility conference for the project was organized in Beijing on November 30, 2013 by the China Railway Corporation at which railway planners and Yunnan officials expressed their desire to see the project proceed quickly.[3]
Construction on two early-stage segments began on September 1, 2015 with the full-scale construction on the remainder of the line to begin before the year's end.[2]
Rail connections
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Asian Development Bank Project Data Sheet 45031-001: Yuxi-Mohan Subregional Railway Link Project". September 25, 2013.
- 1 2 3 (Chinese) 云南玉磨铁路年内全线开建 2015-09-01
- 1 2 玉磨铁路项目通过预可研审查 (in Chinese). November 1, 2013.
- 1 2 3 泛亚铁路：云南与东盟经贸干线 (in Chinese). September 21, 2010.
- 1 2 泛亚铁路中线中、磨憨铁路物流中心开工建设 (in Chinese). December 30, 2010.
- ↑ "Work begins on Kunming to Singapore high-speed railway". Eandt.theiet.org. 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2014-02-13.