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Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, which burdens it with a comparative disadvantage in trade. [14] During French rule, the French failed to develop a plan to build railways in Laos, with only the 7 km (4.3 mi) Don Det–Don Khon railway being completed. [15]
Kunming also has the Kunming North railway station (昆明北站), on the meter-gauge Kunming–Hai Phong Railway. Presently, it only has very limited service, [ 2 ] but a Kunming Metro station of the same name has recently been built in the area and is a major interchange for the system.
Lao National Railway State Enterprise: Major operators: State Railway of Thailand Laos-China Railways Company Ltd. System length; Total: 434 km: Electrified: 422 kilometres (262 mi) Track gauge; Main: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge: 422 kilometres (262 mi) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge ...
A commuter train on a Kunming North – Wangjiaying run in 2016 A freight train on the Hanoi–Lao Cai railway, near Bảo Hà station. Twice-a-week cross-border passenger service operated as late as 2000; the second-class passengers had to transfer from a Chinese train to a Vietnamese train at the border station, while the first-class car passengers could remain on board as their car was ...
Laos has two railway lines: the standard gauge Boten–Vientiane railway spanning northern and central Laos, and a metre gauge spur line connecting Khamsavath with the Thai railway network. Rail transport has not played a significant part in Laos's transport sector, since the country largely lacks the required infrastructure, though that is ...
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 .
China Railway Kunming Group, officially abbreviated as CR Kunming or CR-Kunming, formerly, Kunming Railway Administration is a subsidiaries company under the jurisdiction of the China Railway (formerly the Ministry of Railway). The railway administration was reorganized as a company in November 2017.
Route of the Changsha–Kunming high-speed railway Changsha–Kunming high-speed railway ( simplified Chinese : 长昆高速铁路 ; traditional Chinese : 長昆高速鐵路 ; pinyin : Cháng-Kūn Gāosù Tíelù ) is a China Railway High-speed line connecting Changsha and Kunming , respectively the provincial capitals of Hunan and Yunnan .