Cambodia, the next setting to a ‘Battle of the Rails’
As Australian operator Toll Royal Railways looks at a possible withdrawal from in Cambodia, a new China-backed company tries to take over and promise to rehabilitate more tracks including Phnom Penh-Saigon… Toll Royal Railway won in 2010 a concession to operate and upgrade the Cambodian rail network. By the time, ADB and AusAID agreed to fund US$ 140m network and infrastructure upgrade, with work including the South Line (254 Km) from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, the North Line (388 km) from Phnom Penh to Poipet (line rehabilitation) and the Missing Link (48 km) from Poipet to Sisophon, up to the Thai border. The company also renovated Phnom Penh rail station in the centre of the capital, so far the most visible work done by Toll Royal Railway…
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