Vietnam - China Railway will connect rails from 2025
Báo Thanh niên•26/01/2024
The Vietnam Railway Administration (Ministry of Transport) said it is working with the China National Railway Administration to agree on a 1,435 mm standard gauge railway connection point between the two sides in Lao Cai , to be implemented from 2025.
Accordingly, the railway departments of the two countries will promote the development of an intergovernmental agreement on the plan and connection point of the standard gauge railway between Lao Cai station (Vietnam) and Hekou Bei station (China).
Intermodal train transporting export goods between Vietnam - China
Vietnam Railways
This will be the basis for implementing the construction of this section in 2025, preparing for the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong standard gauge railway, which is currently undergoing investment preparation.
Currently, the rail connection project between Lao Cai station and Ha Khau Bac station has been proposed for investment in the 2021 - 2025 period with a total estimated investment of more than VND 2,206 billion. It is expected that the project will build a dual-gauge railway (1,000 mm and 1,435 mm) with the starting point at Lao Cai station (Km294 + 775) on the existing 1,000 mm gauge railway of Vietnam Railways; the end point is the middle point of the new Ho Kieu Bridge (China). Of which, a new 2.85 km of dual-gauge railway will be built from the north end of Lao Cai station to the middle point of Ho Kieu Bridge. The Chinese side will also invest in the construction of a dual-gauge railway from Ha Khau Bac station to the new Ho Kieu Bridge to connect the rails with Vietnam Railways. Previously, the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong standard gauge railway project was also assigned by the Ministry of Transport to the Railway Project Management Board to prepare a pre-feasibility study report, and the board is currently implementing this work. Regarding the promotion of cross-border railway projects, the Vietnam Railway Authority said that the two sides discussed the content of supporting the feasibility study of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong standard gauge railway and planning the Dong Dang - Hanoi, Mong Cai - Ha Long - Hai Phong railway routes. The two sides also discussed the coordination to amend the Vietnam - China Border Railway Agreement to replace the Border Railway Agreement signed between the Ministry of Transport & Post of Vietnam and the Ministry of Railways of China in 1992. The goal is to separate state management and the operations of transport enterprises in international intermodal transport by rail; Enhance information sharing on the organizational structure and functions of relevant agencies and railway enterprises of Vietnam to jointly study and adjust the draft agreement to suit the railway organizational structure of the two countries.
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