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{{Short description|Railway line in Yunnan, China}}
{{Infobox rail line
| name                           = Guangtong–Dali railway
| native_name                     = 廣大鐵路
| native_name_lang                = zh-hans
| logo                            =
| logo_width                      = 100px
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| image                           = File:Guangtong–Dali Railway in Chuxiong City.JPG
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| caption                         = The Guangtong–Dali railway in the city of [[Chuxiong City|Chuxiong]]
| type                            = [[Heavy rail]]
| system                          = [[China Railway]]
| status                          = open
| locale                          = [[Yunnan Province]], China
| start                           = [[Guangtong, Yunnan|Guangtong]]
| end                             = {{rws|Dali|Yunnan}}
| stations                        = 21
| routes                          =
| daily_ridership                 =
| ridership2                      =
| open                            = May 1999
| planopen                        =
| close                           =
| owner                           =
| operator                        = [[China Railway Kunming Group|CR Kunming Group]] & Dianxi Railway Co., Ltd
| character                       =
| depot                           =
| stock                           =
| linelength                      = {{convert|206|km|mi|abbr=on}}
| tracklength                     =
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| gauge                           = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on}}
| old_gauge                       =
| load_gauge                      =
| minradius                       = * {{convert|350|m|ft|abbr=on}}
* {{convert|5500|m|ft|abbr=on}} (difficult)
| maxincline                      = 1.2%
| racksystem                      =
| speed                           = {{convert|60|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
| signalling                      = [[Automatic block signaling|Semi-automatic block]]
| routenumber                     =
| electrification                 = No
| elevation                       =
| map                             = {{Guangtong–Dali railway RDT}}
| map_state                       = collapsed
}}
The '''Guangtong–Dali''' or '''Guangda railway''' ({{zh|s=广大铁路|t=廣大鐵路|p=guǎngdà tiělù}}), is a [[Single track (rail)|single-track]] [[Railway electrification system|electrified]] [[railroad]] in [[Yunnan Province]] of [[Southwest China]].  The line branches off from the Guangtong station, near [[Kunming]] on the [[Chengdu–Kunming railway]] and runs west to [[Dali City]].  The line is {{convert|213|km|0|abbr=on}} in length and was built from May 1992 to June 1998.<ref>{{cite web| language=Chinese| url=http://www.cxz.gov.cn/cxzzf/74312692386496512/20100524/9965.html| title=广大铁路扩能改造工程项目前期工作顺利推进| date=24 May 2010| access-date=27 November 2011| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801193108/http://www.cxz.gov.cn/cxzzf/74312692386496512/20100524/9965.html| archive-date=1 August 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref>  Major cities and towns along the route include [[Chuxiong City]], [[Nanhua County|Nanhua]], [[Xiangyun County]], [[Midu County]] and Dali.
Construction of a new, 175-km dual-track electrified line, the [[Guangtong–Chuxiong–Dali railway]], paralleling the line began in September 2010.  Difficulties in construction included 110,000 cubic meters of water inundation of the tunnels. The new electrified line opened for traffic in July 2018, upping speeds from 60 to 200 km/h and doubling the track.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinanews.com/cj/2018/02-06/8442600.shtml|title = 中缅国际通道广大铁路祥和隧道贯通 7月开行动车-中新网|language=zh}}</ref><ref name="开通">{{Cite news|title=这条铁路今天开通！从金马碧鸡到苍山洱海，只要两小时！|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5MDA3MDM5OA==&mid=2652624041&idx=1&sn=051dd96ea645691c6bb24fdbd58f9914&chksm=bda517b88ad29eaef1af6b96413e39fef9114a1c54d2f143a3c483c72e4d56c1002ceddef90e&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=0915Mu8bFJKaWh8Rl5G8WajB&sharer_sharetime=1568501164997&sharer_shareid=7ecb7d17ba77e5846c1ed39a4df07b77#rd|access-date=12 August 2024|date=1 July 2018|newspaper=People's Railway|publisher=[[China Railway]]|language=zh}}</ref>
==Rail connections==
* Guangtong: [[Chengdu–Kunming railway]] to [[Kunming]]
* [[Dali City|Dali]]: [[Dali–Lijiang railway]], [[Dali–Ruili railway]]
==See also==
{{Portal|Trains}}
* [[List of railways in China]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Kunming–Singapore railway}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guangtong-Dali Railway}}
[[Category:Railway lines in China]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Yunnan]]
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