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In 2000, ASEAN proposed completing the Kunming to Singapore railway, via Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Phnom Penh, and Bangkok. [ 7 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] This 5,500 km (3,400 mi) route is now known as the eastern route.
The Saigon–Mỹ Tho line reduced travel time between the two cities from 12 hours to only 3 hours, [14] and established a connection between Saigon and the shipping lanes of the Mekong Delta. [ 1 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The first railway in Tonkin , a 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) gauge line connecting Lạng Sơn to Phu Lang Thuong (now known as ...
In 2018, the transport ministers of Cambodia and Vietnam have agreed to build a railway between Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City, but this time passing through the border town of Bavet where the Vietnam-Cambodia international crossing is located. [5] [6] [7] The agreement was renewed in 2020. [8]
Great Asian Railway Journeys is a 20-part BBC travel and history documentary series produced by Boundless [1] and presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Minister of State for Transport. [2]
Greater Bangkok commuter rail is a commuter rail system in Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Saraburi Province, Lopburi Province, Suphan Buri Province, Ratchaburi Province, Chacheongsao Province, Nakhon Nayok Province, Prachinburi Province, and Samut Songkhram Province. It runs from and to the outskirts of the city ...
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Each train set has a capacity of 210 passengers, and upon calculation, the route can handle 3590 passengers per hour one way. It has a maximum speed of 80 km/h. [2] The train uses the automated TrainGuard MT Communicated Based Control System (CBTC) for signalling. [3] The first train set arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport on 15 July 2020. [4]
The North–South express railway (Vietnamese: Đường sắt cao tốc Bắc-Nam) is a planned high speed railway in Vietnam. [2] [3] The line would begin in Thanh Trì and end in Thủ Đức, connecting the two most urbanised areas in the country: Hanoi in the North, and Ho Chi Minh City in the South. [4]