Streaking across Laos on the China-Laos Railway
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2023
- The state-of-the-art railway connecting Lao's capital with China's Yunnan Province is one of the world's newest high-speed rail lines. I rode it from Vientiane to Luang Prabang. Watch how it went.
The China-Lao Railway, or as it's called in Laos, the Lao-China Railway, is a bullet train line that connects the capital Vientiane with China's Yunnan Province near the Lao border city of Boten. It's one of the world's newest high-speed rail lines (opened in December 2021) that the Chinese have ambitions to extend through Thailand all the way to Malaysia. I rode the line from Vientiane to Vang Vieng and on to Luang Prabang (both of which are subjects of subsequent videos) to report on the kind of experience the new railway offers. I wasn't disappointed.
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Love trains! China believes that building railways and other infrastructure is better diplomacy than waging proxy wars and bullying sovereign nations. Glad you're feeling better. Thanks Ron!❤
Thanks Jack. I love riding any train. This one is something special, especially given the setting. Laos is great!
Nice adventure. Didnt expect the train was alright. Looks like an enjoyable train ride.
Thanks Elcaminante! It was indeed a nice train experience!
Very good railway
What a legendary train ride Ron, Thanks a lot for taking me on this journey. Love this video! hope you are doing well and just the Best
Thanks Marc! Same to you. Keep up the good videos!
The downside of overseas travel is always the dreaded illnesses. Never any fun but always worse when on the road. Glad you’re back up and around. That’s the most strict train station in the world. Happy and safe travels Ron👍🏻🤞✌🏻🤙🏻 12:52
Right, Bumming. The controls in place at each of the stations on the China-Lao line seem a bit excessive. I don't know what to attribute that to, especially since I've ridden trains in China in the past and didn't experience anything approaching this. It could be that it is covid related, or that the powers-that-be are being extra finicky because the infrastructure is brand new and fancy and they want to set a certain pattern. In any case, everything is immaculate and the ride is terrific.
*CHINA 🇨🇳 THE CHAMPION 🏆🏆🏆 RAILWAY THE WINNING TEAM ✅✅👍👍👍👍👍👍💪💪💪💪💪💪*
A newly opened high speed train is Jakarta- Bandung railway
Thanks for informing me Jeffrey. I'll check it out.
What I can campare with LCR with American counterpart are brightline(Non-electrified) and acela
I think Americans can only dream of these kinds of long-range trains for now. :-)
@@OUTBOUNDWITHRONTop Speeds: LCR 99.5 mph Brightline 125 mph Acela 150 mph. The Laos train is fantastic.
@@davidjackson7281at least laos railway does not have level crossing. How many people get killed by brightline since it started
@@mabo9636After 5 years 99 have died.
Hehe in British Rail's time, 1970s-1990s, passengers "were always a bit of a nuisance". Seems like nothing changes!
the hsr security is up tiered to airport rated security. (altho its only a semi hsr)
If you need a photo of the head of train,just take the train to China and you are free to take photos
I know! I look forward to being in China again, hopefully in the not too distant future.
Hi Ron, did you find it easy getting a seat on the train from Vientiane to Luang Prabang? Because we have been told that we would need to book online and book 3-4 days well in advance.
Hi Terry. If memory serves I booked my ticket in advance as part of a package that came with delivery by tuk tuk from my hotel to the train station. (In the video you were seeing my driver go into the building to pick up my train ticket at Will Call). I'm sure you could also book a ticket through 12GoAsia or another online source. In my case, it would have been no problem buying a ticket last minute since there were plenty of empty seats on the train, but of course I have no way of knowing whether that's usually the case. I would suggest if you're booking a hotel in Vientiane (through, say, Booking.com as I did), you can message the hotel and inquire about train tickets and likely you can get an assist from the hotel if you feel you need it.
@@OUTBOUNDWITHRON thanks
❤❤❤Thanks Ron for sharing… by the way a slight correction.. the LCR is not a “high speed train” as it is about the same speed as the US fastest train in the US east coast. For real High Speed train you need to take the Shanghai-Beijing line. Good luck and happy railing.🙏🌷🌷🌷🌷
Thanks for that info. I've been on the maglev train around Shanghai a few years ago and if I'm not mistaken it travels briefly at about 167 miles per hour. So there are definite gradations of high speed. In some countries I won't name where the trains lumber along at about 40 to 50 mph they would probably say the China-Lao is supersonic. 🙂
China, Laos and Indonesia use the same standard or specification.
Chinese Standard
China High speed rail operation speed categories 350, 300, 250, 200,160 km/h. 350, 320 km/h some country call Bullet Train.
China intercity High speed rail operation speed categories 350, 200, 160, 140 km/h. C train
infrastructure
TB10621-2014 This Standard applies to passenger train design speed of 250 ~ 350 km/h high-speed railway, the recent high-speed rail freight should also take into account the implementation of the relevant norms. Passenger dedicated line design speed of 350 km/h.
TB 10623-2014 This specification is applicable to newly built standard-gauge passenger-dedicated railways with a design speed of 200km/h and below and only running EMU trains, regardless of locomotives pulling passenger trains into operation. The speed classification is generally 200 km/h, 160 km/h, 120 km/h third gear division.
@@OUTBOUNDWITHRON USA, a three-tiered passenger rail strategy:
• Core Express services frequent trains at 125-250+ mph in the nation’s densest and most populous regions;
• Regional services service (90-125mph) between mid-sized and large cities; and
• Feeder services (up to 90mph) connecting communities to the passenger rail network and providing a foundation for future corridor development.