According to the existing research results at home and abroad, the fault characteristics of the T-type connection line are different from the double-ended line and it will appear more and more in the power grid. The paper reviews the development status of T-type connection line fault diagnosis at home and abroad, and divides the way of fault diagnosis for T-type Transmission Line into traveling wave method and fault analysis method to sort out and summarize the technology, and reviews the diagnostic mechanism, characteristics and deficiencies of various fault diagnosis methods. Finally, the development direction is prospected to promote the further development of the research field.