Isevisi yesitimela sezivakashi entsha iyaxhuma Beijing, eChina, Kuya I-Vientiane, Laos, iqale ukusebenza ngoMsombuluko, yenza kube lula ukuhamba kwemingcele phakathi kwalezi zihloko ezimbili.
Uhambo lwesitimela lusuka Beijing Fengtai Railway Station, kulandela imizila edlula imizila yesitimela i-Beijing-Guangzhou kanye ne-Shanghai-Kunming. Lapho sifika eKunming esifundazweni saseYunnan, isitimela sishintshela kuloliwe waseChina-Laos, sifike enhlokodolobha yaseLaos, iVientiane.
Umzila wesitimela uhlanganisa izindawo zezivakashi eziphawulekayo ezifana ne-Xishuangbanna e-Yunnan, idolobha lase-Chibi esifundazweni sase-Hubei, nezindawo e-Laos ezifana ne-Luang Prabang ne-Vang Vieng. Lonke uhambo nokubuya luthatha izinsuku ezingu-15, lunikeza abahambi ithuba lokuhlola lezi zindawo ezikhangayo endleleni.
Umzila wesitimela waseLaos-China, ohlanganisa amakhilomitha angu-1,035 futhi oxhumanisa iKunming eseChina neVientiane eLaos, waqala ukusebenza ngasekupheleni kuka-2021. Ukuba khona kwawo kuqinise kakhulu ukuhwebelana kwemingcele phakathi kweLaos, China, futhi kwakhethwa amazwe angaphakathi kweNhlangano Yezizwe EziseNingizimu-mpumalanga Asia. (I-ASEAN), efaka isandla ekuthuthukisweni komnotho wesifunda.
Kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo kuze kube uSepthemba walo nyaka, lo mzila wesitimela wenze lula ukuthuthwa kwabagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-3.1 kanye namathani angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-26.8 ezimpahla ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa nemikhiqizo yezolimo kanye nezinsimbi nezimbiwa phansi eziyivelakancane.
