Mengzi–Hekou Railway
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The Mengzi–Hekou Railway or Menghe Railway , is a railroad under construction in Yunnan Province of Southwest
China
. The line is slated to run 140 km (87 mi) from Mengzi City in southern Yunnan to the Hekou Yao Autonomous County
on the border with Vietnam
. Construction began in December 2008 and is scheduled to take four years.
Southwest China
Southwest China is a region of the People's Republic of China defined by governmental bureaus that includes the municipality of Chongqing, the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and the Tibet Autonomous Region.-Provinces:-Municipalities:...
China
China
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. The line is slated to run 140 km (87 mi) from Mengzi City in southern Yunnan to the Hekou Yao Autonomous County
Hekou Yao Autonomous County
The Hekou Yao Autonomous County is an autonomous county in the southern part of the Yunnan province of China. It is part of the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture and borders the northern Vietnamese town of Lao Cai.-Industrial Park:...
on the border with Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. Construction began in December 2008 and is scheduled to take four years.
Rail connections
- Mengzi: Yuxi–Mengzi RailwayYuxi–Mengzi RailwayThe Yuxi–Mengzi Railway or Yumeng Railway , is a railroad under construction in Yunnan Province of Southwest China. The line is slated to run from Yuxi in central Yunnan to Mengzi City in southern Yunnan...
(under construction) - HekouHekou Yao Autonomous CountyThe Hekou Yao Autonomous County is an autonomous county in the southern part of the Yunnan province of China. It is part of the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture and borders the northern Vietnamese town of Lao Cai.-Industrial Park:...
: Yunnan–Vietnam Railway