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The shorthand name of the line is named after its two terminal cities, Lijiang and Shangri-la. The railway opened on 26 November 2023. [1] [2] The railway runs 139 km (86 mi) from Lijiang railway station of the Dali–Lijiang railway, north to Shangri-la in northwestern Yunnan. [3] It will have a design speed of 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph ...
Shangri-La (Chinese: 香格里拉; pinyin: Xiānggélǐlā; Tibetan: སེམས་ཀྱི་ཉི་ཟླ།) is a county-level city in northwestern Yunnan province, China, named after the mythical land depicted in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon. It is the capital and largest city of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Dali-Lijiang railway. On October 30, 2011, the Dali–Lijiang railway was extended northward by 16-km after the Renhe-Lijiang (Renli) rail extension was completed. [3] The Renli section begins from Renhe station, near Renhe village in Qihe Township of Old Town Lijiang, and runs north to the newly built Lijiang railway station. [3]
Lijiang–Shangri-La Railway from Lijiang to Shangri-La , construction began in 2010. Yunnan to Guilin – construction to start next year and finish in 2015; A rail line around Dianchi Lake: scheduled for completion in 2010; Guangtong to Dali electrification
Dali City is located in western Yunnan, approximately 250 km (160 mi) northwest of the provincial capital of Kunming.. Dali is situated in the transition area between the dramatic valleys of the Hengduan ranges on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau and the distinctive mountains of the western Yungui Plateau.
Shangri-La is a fictional place in Tibet's Kunlun Mountains, [1] described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by English author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery , enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. [ 1 ]
Dali Fengyi Airport (IATA: DLU, ICAO: ZPDL) is an airport in Dali City, Yunnan, China, just outside Xiaguan Town. Airlines and destinations. Airlines Destinations;
Shaxi (Chinese: 沙溪) is a historic market town in Jianchuan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. [1] It is located roughly halfway between Dali and Lijiang . The Sideng market square of Shaxi was added to the World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites in 2001.