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Laos Fast Train – Stunning Views to Vang Vieng

Hop on the Laos–China Railway for a high-speed ride from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng. This one-hour journey is packed with dramatic mountain views, tunnels, and scenic valleys. Comfortable, fast, and ...
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An empty station, a burning countryside, soot raining from the sky: This is what it's like to ride Laos' gleaming new $6 billion railway in April

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New Tourist Train Starts Beijing-Vientiane Cross Border Service

The Laos-China railway, spanning 1,035 kilometers and linking Kunming in China to Vientiane in Laos, commenced operations in late 2021. A new tourist train service connecting Beijing, China, to ...

Europe To Asia In 21 Days, Covering 13 Nations - This Is The World's Longest Train Journey

If you dream of pushing the boundaries of train travel, this extraordinary Europe-to-Asia journey offers an adventure like no ...
KVIA

New 620-mile railway connects China and Laos

China’s intense railway expansion has marked a new milestone with the official opening of a new track that pushes beyond its own frontiers into its southern neighbor Laos. The track, China’s first ...
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Bullet train for China-Laos railway arrives in Vientiane

The Lane Xang EMU train arrives at the northern Laos' border town of Boten, after passing by the China-Laos borderline, Oct. 15, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] The streamlined "China-standard" bullet train, or ...
The Economist

The economics of a new China-Laos train line

IN THE LATE 1860s, French sailors who had set off from Saigon to find the source of the Mekong river encountered the precipitous Khone Falls between Laos and Cambodia, and realised that the waters ...