TTR Weekly
BANGKOK,
19 June 2012: Transport Minister Jarupong Ruangsuwan confirmed last
week that a missing section of 6 km railway track from Aranyaprathet
district in Sa Kaew province to Cambodia’s railway junction in Poi Pet
district, Banteay Meanchey province, will be completed next year.
Thailand’s
railways, eastern line service (254 km) now ends at Tha Kham
sub-district, about 4.5 km from Aranyaprathet district town. This 4.5 km
section will be rebuilt and then extended another 1.5 km to Klong Luk
at the Thai-Cambodian border at Poipet.
The Transport Ministry was
given a budget in 2013 of Bt564 million under a track strengthening
work project of the SRT for Klong Sip Kao station in Chacheongsao
province to Klong Luk in Sa Kaew province. It covers around 65 km and
will cost Bt2.8 billion when completed in 2015.
The rail link will be used to transport cargo and passengers between Thailand and Cambodia.
On
the Cambodia side, the Government of Australia and the Asian
Development Bank have been working with the Royal Government of Cambodia
and other donor partners to rehabilitate the country’s railway.
The
railway runs south from Phnom Penh to the seaport in Sihanoukville and
north from Phnom Penh to Sisophon. The 650 km existing railway has been
under repair following years of neglect and vandalism dating back to the
Khmer Rouge era.
According to ADB documents, the 48-km missing
link between Sisophon and the Thai border through Poipet is being
reconstructed to support 20 tons axle load should be completed late this
year.
The rail track from Sisophon to Phnom Penh spans 337 km.
2 comments:
Cambodia haven't start rebuild the rail way yet..?
Not yet,all the money is in corruption official's pockets,if you want to know check at Hunsen bank,you'll find that money...
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