Railway proposes nearly 2,300 billion to upgrade terminal stations and international transit

The Vietnam Railway Authority has just reported to the Ministry of Transport on solutions to overcome weak points on the entire national railway network.

Accordingly, this unit proposed to establish a project to build, upgrade and renovate freight and passenger terminals and international transit stations to improve the capacity and quality of railway transport services.

Đường sắt đề xuất gần 2.300 tỷ nâng cấp các ga đầu mối, liên vận quốc tế- Ảnh 1. — Vietnam Railways proposes upgrading international hub and transit stations (Photo: illustration).

According to the proposal, the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City railway line has 12 stations within the investment scope of the project, including: Ninh Binh, Khoa Truong, Nghi Long, Vinh, Kim Lien, Dieu Tri, Nha Trang, Vinh Trung, Thap Cham, Ca Na, and Song Than.

The Hanoi - Dong Dang railway line has 4 stations: Sen Ho, Kep, Yen Trach, Dong Dang.

Gia Lam - Hai Phong railway has 2 stations: Cao Xa and Vat Cach.

Yen Vien - Lao Cai railway has 4 stations: Huong Canh, Viet Tri, Xuan Giao, Lao Cai.

The total expected investment is nearly 2,300 billion VND, using medium-term public investment capital for the period 2026-2031.

Also in this report, the Vietnam Railway Authority proposed renovation and upgrading projects to effectively exploit existing railways and enhance the competitiveness of railway transport.

Accordingly, the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City railway route has great transportation demand and is proposed to be prioritized for concentrated investment.

The existing railway lines: Hanoi - Dong Dang, Yen Vien - Lao Cai and Gia Lam - Hai Phong only have focused investments to ensure safety and prioritize stations with high transport demand.

"The investment will not be spread evenly but will be implemented in necessary projects to exploit and synchronize each section, in order to effectively promote investment capital.

The priority order of projects is in the direction of: Improving construction safety and railway traffic safety; Improving transport capacity, synchronizing information and signal systems; Responding to climate change," said the Vietnam Railway Authority.

Regarding investment capital arrangement, Vietnam Railway Authority proposes that small-scale projects with uncomplicated technical nature should be implemented using annual railway infrastructure maintenance capital.

For large-scale, technically complex projects, arrange medium-term public investment capital for the period 2026-2031.

Trillions needed to reinforce weak bridges and tunnels

Currently, there are many tunnels, bridges, and degraded structures on the railway lines. The reason is that these structures were built a long time ago, even 100 years ago. Repairing and reinforcing them requires thousands of billions of VND.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/duong-sat-de-xuat-gan-2300-ty-nang-cap-cac-ga-dau-moi-lien-van-quoc-te-192240715173739561.htm