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Track laying finishes on China Chongqing Kunming high speed railway line

Track laying for the high speed railway connecting Chongqing and Kunming in southwest China concluded on Saturday.

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Construction crews finished laying track for the Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway line on Saturday, October 24, 2026. CGTN reported that the final segment was installed at the Junlian Tunnel, which is located on the border between Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in southwest China. [1]

Workers installed the final pair of 500-meter steel rails inside the Junlian Tunnel to complete the track laying phase. According to CGTN, construction workers marked the project milestone by taking photographs at the tunnel location after the final rails were put into place. [1]

The high-speed line will improve rail links to Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province. Kunming is also connected to eastern China through the Changsha-Kunming high-speed railway, which forms the western portion of the larger Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway system. [1][5]

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In short

  • Track laying for the Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway finished on October 24, 2026.
  • The final pair of 500-meter steel rails was laid at the Junlian Tunnel.
  • The Junlian Tunnel sits on the border of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.

Sources

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  1. [1]Track laying completed on Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railwayCGTN, 11h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]InPics | Track laying completed on Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railwayXinhua, 1d ago
  3. [3]InPics | Track laying completed on Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railwayBig News Network.com, 1d ago

Background

  1. [4]Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor on Wikipedia
  2. [5]Changsha–Kunming high-speed railway on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 5 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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