The Lijiang–Shangri-La Railway or Lixiang Railway , is a railroad planned to be built in Yunnan Province of Southwest

Southwest China

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 China

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. The shorthand name of the line is named after its two proposed terminal cities, Lijiang

Lijiang

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 and Shangri-La County (formerly known as Zhongdian)

Shangri-La County

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, romanized in Chinese as Xianggelila.

The line is slated to run 139 km (86 mi) from Lijiang, the rail head of the Dali-Lijiang Railway, north to Shangri-La in northwestern Yunnan. Despite approval of the project's feasibility plans by the National Development and Reform Commission

National Development and Reform Commission

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in May 2009, construction has not begun as of March 2011. Construction is expected to require four years.