Chongqing–Lichuan Railway Development Project

Freight transportation was initially the major benefit envisaged under this project. Since decisions to change railway corridor priorities, e.g., the balance between a high-speed passenger railway versus freight railway services, are usually the basis of a railway services plan, the modification in project design should have been known even at the appraisal stage since the Chongqing–Lichuan Railway (CLR) was to be a section of the Shanghai-Wuhan-Chengdu corridor high-speed passenger railway.