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Yunnan Transportation
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To get the most out of a visit to Yunnan Province, travelers would do well to familiarize themselves with the provincial, inter-provincial and internationally-linked transportation network, including travel options by air, by rail, and by road. In the following are listed the main air, rail, and highway routes within the province – and beyond.
Airlines
As the transportation hub of Yunnan Province, Wujiaba International Airport (KMG) near the provincial capital of Kunming currently operates 48 Chinese domestic routes – including a number of strictly provincial routes – and 6 international routes. There are domestic flights to most of China's major cities, offering connections to some of China's most popular tourist destinations in cities such as Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin and Shanghai. Provincial routes originating from KMG include flights to the scenic sites of cities such as Baoshan, Dali, Lijiang, Mangshi, Simao, Xishuangbanna, Zhaotong and Zhongdian. International routes include flights between KMG and Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Rangoon and Singapore. In addition to the air routes originating from KMG, there are 11 provincial and 2 international routes that originate from Jinghong Airport (JHG), near Xishuangbanna.
Railways
Yunnan Province is naturally linked to other parts of China via a network of railways – and indeed, also linked by rail to China's immediate neighbors: Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. With the capital, Kunming, serving as the province's railway hub, a number of railway lines radiate out in all directions. These include:
Northward – The Chengkun Line from Kunming to Chengdu in Sichuan Province, a stretch of 1100 km (688 mi), of which 280 km (175 mi) lies within Yunnan Province.
Eastward – There are two lines, one running to the northeast, the other running to the southeast: The Guikun Line runs from Kunming to Guiyang in Guizhou Province, a stretch of 640 km (400 mi), of which 340 km (213 mi) lies within Yunnan Province; the Nankun Line runs from Kunming to Nanning in Guangxi Province, a stretch of 900 km (563 mi), of which 243 km (152 mi) lies within Yunnan Province.
Southward – There is a provincial railway line between Kunming and Yuxi, about 95 km (59 mi). The most logical extension of this railway would take it to Pu'er and on to Xishuangbanna, though no concrete plans for this extension exist at present.
Westward – There is a provincial railway line between Kunming and Dali, about 315 km (197 mi), with plans to extend this railway line northward from Dali to Lijiang and Shangri La, and possibly eventually into Tibet.
Expressways
Expressways in China are generally what is termed a trunk road, or a section of road rather than a complete highway, except where they link major urban areas that are relatively closely situated, geographically speaking. As the name suggests, expressways are broad, multi-lane highways designed to move large volumes of traffic with express speed. The expressway can best be thought of as a segment of a national highway. In time, many current national highways will consist of one or more segments of expressway, while existing expressway segments will be extended, linked up, etc.
In some cases, the number designation of a Chinese national highway signifies the highway's overall direction, east-west (300 Series) or north-south (200 Series). The 100 Series is reserved for national highways that originate in Beijing, with one exception, National Highway 112, which originates in Tianjin (but does not enter Yunnan Province). There is also a 000 Series of national highways, some of which run north-south while others run east-west. G040, located in the puzzle-shaped northeastern corner of Yunnan Province – and which will not be included in the discussion below – runs the short distance (100 km/ 63 mi) from Shoushanxiang to Yongfengzhen, just south of the city of Zhaoyang.
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