(ECNS) -- Xiuling Tunnel, a milestone project of the Dali-Ruili railway (a major section of the China-Myanmar Railway) in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, was completed on Wednesday.
Located in Yangbi Yi Autonomous County, the tunnel is 17.6 kilometers long while its maximum buried depth is 1,115 meters.
The 330-meter-long Dali-Ruili railway has 21 tunnels in total, with the last two to be completed by the end of 2021.
Travel time between Dali and Baoshan in the same province will be cut to about one hour, putting an end to the locality's no-train history.
