China News Service, Yuxi, April 7 (Miao Chao) With the paving machine, a 25-meter rail row was steadily placed on the roadbed in the suburbs of Yuxi City, Yunnan Province. Fully launched, it is expected that the track laying and the Laos section will be connected in April 2021, laying the foundation for the opening of the entire China-Laos railway by the end of 2021.
Liu Shugong, head of the railway paving project department of the Yuxi-Mohan section of China Railway First Bureau, said that due to the impact of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic and the construction progress of the tunnel's control project, the entire railway laying period was compressed, coupled with the interference of factors such as large slopes and long distances. To complete the track-laying tasks on schedule, with tight schedules, heavy tasks, and difficulty.
Liu Shugong said that China Railway 1 Bureau will innovate and adopt a professional transportation and management model. In the early stage, a bridge machine will be used for T-beam erection. In the later stage, China ’s most advanced CPG500 rail laying machine will be used for 500-meter-long rail laying. Line shift operations, efficiently promote track laying construction, and complete construction tasks on schedule.
It is reported that the Lao section of the China-Laos Railway started laying steel rails on March 27. The CYP500 track laying machine for the Lao section is used for the first time in the construction of Southeast Asian railways. The equipment has high reliability, strong compatibility, standardized operating procedures, and high laying accuracy, and can meet the daily laying schedule of 1.5 kilometers on the Laos section of the China-Laos Railway.
The China-Laos Railway under construction is the first international railway with the Chinese side investing in the construction, adopting Chinese technical standards throughout the line, using Chinese equipment and directly connecting with the Chinese railway network after the proposal of the “Belt and Road” initiative. After opening to traffic, it will become another international railway channel for entry and exit in Southwest China. By then, China's Kunming to Laos, Vientiane, is expected to achieve the evening. (Finish)