The first cross-border passenger train departing from the Lao capital Vientiane to Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan province, runs on the Ganlanba bridge of the China-Laos railway in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province, April 13, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

The long-anticipated international passenger service on the China-Laos Railway was put into operation on April 13. Starting from Kunming, capital of China's Yunnan province at 8:08 am, the D887 train takes ten and a half hours and stops at eight stations before arriving at Vientiane, capital of Laos. Let's check out every stop on the journey.

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