On January 28, 2021, the relevant responsible comrades of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Transportation, China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd., and Yunnan Aviation Industry Investment Group (Yunnan Airport Group) introduced the development of Yunnan’s Spring Festival transportation, expressway construction, railway construction and civil aviation development. related information.

According to Xiong Chungeng, general manager of China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd., the Chongqing-Kunming high-speed rail is part of the Beijing-Kunming high-speed rail, which is divided into Sichuan-Chongqing section and Yunnan-Guizhou section. The Chongqing-Kunming high-speed rail started construction of a controlled engineering tunnel in December 2019. Construction of the section will be fully started in December 2020. The preliminary design of the Yungui section has been revised and improved for several rounds. It is still being improved. The preliminary design of the Yungui section is expected to land in March this year. We will strive to start construction on the whole line by the end of June this year. The Yunnan-Guizhou section can be fully started, and the Chongqing-Kunming high-speed rail is expected to be completed and opened to traffic in 2027."

Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway line planning

Kunming West Railway Station is included in the Chongqing-Kunming high-speed rail plan and is currently in the preliminary design stage. In December 2020, Kunming has launched the comprehensive three-dimensional transportation and station-city integration scheme collection design for Kunming West Railway Station. After the scheme is completed, the project owner will meet the station Housing plans are being solicited, and the railway company is currently increasing its efforts to enter a substantive stage as soon as possible. The Yunnan-Guizhou section of the Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway is constructed at a design speed of 350 km/h. The new dual-line passenger dedicated line will be constructed with a length of 388.405 km and a total investment of 87.343 billion yuan. There are 10 stations in Yanjin South, Yiliang North, Zhaotong East, Yuche, Huize, Tianba, Xundian, Songming, Changshui Airport and Kunming South. The West-Kunming High-speed Railway is an important part of the "Eight Vertical and Eight Horizontal" "Beijing-Kunming Vertical Line" in the new round of the national "Medium and Long-term Railway Network Planning (2030)". It is located in the core area of the Western Development and passes through Shaanxi and Sichuan. , Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, four provinces and one city, the main line length is about 1355 kilometers, the design speed is 350 kilometers per hour, and the estimated total investment of the project is 290 billion yuan.

The construction of the West-Kunming high-speed railway is an important measure to implement the national "One Belt, One Road" construction and the development of the western region in the new era. After the project is opened, it will build a large Beijing-Kunming high-speed railway corridor, strengthen the transportation links between the three urban agglomerations of Chengdu, Chongqing, Central Yunnan, and Guanzhong, and enhance the central city's radiating and leading role in surrounding areas, which will promote the regional economy and society. Coordinated and sustainable development provides a favorable guarantee. Editor/Xing Wentao