Dengfeng tourist railway

The Dengfeng tourist railway is a Chinese railway currently under construction in the city of Dengfeng. Created primarily to benefit tourism in and around the city, the railway is intended to be complete by 2026.

Consortium

On 10 September 2018, Raffles Investment and Development Company, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Raffles Infrastructure, signed an agreement with China Railway Construction Corporation (CRRC), 23 Bureau, and Chengdu Tianfu Railtech Valley Technology, to form a consortium to bid for infrastructure-related projects in China. On 19 October 2018, the consortium signed an agreement with the Tourism Board of the government of Dengfeng City, China to build a tourist railway in Dengfeng City at an estimated cost of 6 billion yuan ($US 864.4 million).

Construction

The line is planned to be constructed in four stages, starting in 2018 and ending in 2026. For each stage, a land survey report and environmental report are required.

• Phase one (2018–2020): Songshan Tourist Centre to Shaolin Temple, 15 km (9.3 mi), Yuan 1.3 billion
• Phase two (2020–2022): Songshan Tourist Centre to Songshan Study Courtyard and Zhongyue Temple, 15 km (9.3 mi), Yuan 1.3 billion
• Phase three (2022–2024): Zhongyue Temple to Luya Waterfall and Safari Zoological Park, 15 km (9.3 mi), Yuan 1.3 billion
• Phase four (2024–2026): Safari Zoological Park to Chaoyanggou Xiqu Town, 20 km (12 mi), Yuan 1.7 billion

Sources

• "Raffles Infrastructure to build Chinese tourist line" International Railway Journal, 24 October 2018
• "Raffles signs $865.7m contract for railway construction in China", RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY, retrieved 30 October 2018
• "Raffles Infrastructure to build tourist railway in China for $1.2 bil", The EDGE Singapore, by PC Lee, 22 October 2018
• DengFeng City, Raffles Infrastructure, retrieved 5 June 2022