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Vientiane train station Inside the railway station at Vientiane Luang Prabang Station. The Boten–Vientiane railway is the Lao section of the Laos–China Railway (LCR), running between the capital Vientiane and the northern town of Boten on the border with Yunnan, China.
Part of the Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou main railway upgraded in 2016 200: 106: Standard 1993: Yuxi–Mohan: Line connecting Yuxi with the China-Laos border at Mohan: 160: 507: Standard 2021 Laos: Boten–Vientiane: First railway line in Laos spanning the country, between the Chinese border at Boten to the capital Vientiane near the Thai border 160: ...
It is the northernmost intermediate stop, and the final stop in Laos on the Boten–Vientiane railway. It opened along with the rest of the line on 3 December 2021. [2] The custom facility at the station does not issue Laos visa-on-arrival, [3] but accepts eVisa. [4]
The standard gauge Bangkok–Nong Khai high-speed railway, scheduled for completion in 2028, may eventually extend to Vientiane station, completing the Kunming–Singapore railway. [7] In 2022, the Vientiane Times announced that Laos intends to build a new standard-gauge railway from Vientiane to the port of Vung Ang in central Vietnam. [8]
Laos has 422 km (262 mi) of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge railways, primarily consisting of the Boten–Vientiane railway, which opened in December 2021.It also has a 12 km (7 mi) metre gauge railway with two stations in Vientiane, Khamsavath and Thanaleng, both of which are connected to Thailand's railway system.
Branching from the existing Kunming–Yuxi–Hekou railway at Yuxi and connecting directly to the Boten–Vientiane railway on the Laotian side, the Yumo railway is a part of the Kunming–Singapore railway and will eventually carry traffic across the Greater Mekong Subregion.
The Vientiane–Boten Expressway (officially referred to as the Lao-China Expressway) (Lao: ທາງດ່ວນ ລາວ-ຈີນ) is a partially completed expressway between Boten, on the China–Laos border, and Vientiane, the capital of Laos. It roughly parallels Route 13. The expressway is the first in Laos. [1]
A topographic map of Laos. Because of its mountainous topography and lack of development, Laos has few reliable transportation routes. This inaccessibility has historically limited the ability of any government to maintain a presence in areas distant from the national or provincial capitals and has limited interchange and communication among villages and ethnic groups.