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Key section of railway linking China's Shangri-la with Lijiang opens

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A winding high-speed railway connecting two well-known tourist cities in picturesque southwest China's Yunnan Province, the Lijiang-Shangri-La Railway, opened on Sunday, according to China State Railway Group.

Departing from Shangri-la at noon on Sunday, the first train reached Lijiang in 1.5 hours and was scheduled to arrive at the provincial capital, Kunming, in 4.5 hours.

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