Kunming Shangri-la railway Opened on Nov 27 2023

Starting from November 27 2023, the Lijiang - Shangri-la railway has been in service, which connects the Kunming - Lijiang railway, and links Kunming with Lijiang and Shangri-la, two major cities in western Yunan provice, China. 3 bullet trains run from Kunming to Shangri-la between 07:56AM and 11:42AM every day. The distance is 620km, the duration is around 4.5 hours - 5 hours 20 minutes. The fastest train C638 with a maximum speed of 150 km/h finishs the journey in 4h30m.

Lijiang - Shangri-la railways railway has a design speed of 140 km per hour and a total length of 139 km. Construction started in December 2014.