滇越铁路由昆明经宜良、开远、河口以及越南的老街、安沛、越池、安员、河内至海防港,全长858公里,其中云南段长466公里,越南段长392公里。越南境内段于1899年开工,1901年建成;云南段于1903年开工,1910年建成,同年4月1日全线通车。滇越铁路是19世纪末叶法国殖民者为扩大其在华 The Yunnan-Vietnam railway is 858 kilometers long from Kunming via Yiliang, Kaiyuan, Estuary, Vietnam’s Old Street, Yenpai, Yuechi, Annan and Hanoi to Hai Phong. The length of the section is 466 kilometers in Yunnan and 392 kilometers in Vietnam. Vietnam territory started in 1899, completed in 1901; Yunnan section started in 1903, completed in 1910, on April 1 the same year opened to traffic. The Vietnam-Vietnam Railway was a French colonialist who expanded its presence in China at the end of the 19th century