75 Tunnels Completed on Laos-China Railway

The final of 75 tunnels on the 414km Laos-China mega-rail project has been completed according to contractor Laos-China Railway Company (LCRC).

The final section was completed on 29 September with the Xiang Ngeun Number 3 Tunnel in Luang Prabang Province. One of the largest engineering projects in the region, it required construction of 75 tunnels through 120km of mountains and forests, including the 9.2km Ban Nakok Tunnel and the 15.2km tunnel in China’s Yunnan province.

With 198km of tunnels and 62km of bridges, more than half of the entire line is either underground or elevated.

The extreme nature of the project is reflected in the fact that the line will have 198km of tunnels and 62km of bridges – rather more than half the length of the line.

The remaining work consists of laying track and putting in infrastructure such as stations etc. and is scheduled to be operational in December 2021.

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