Train supply agreement signed

Toll Royal Railway signed an agreement yesterday afternoon with companies that will supply locomotives and parts for Cambodia’s railway network. As a result of the agreement, international tenders will be called in the coming months for the procurement of up to four new 2,000-horsepower locomotives and 100 new container wagons. A strong contender to be the equipment supplier is one of the world’s largest makers of locomotives, France’s Alstom Transport, because 10 of the company’s locomotives are already in the possession of Toll Royal Railways. In a ceremony at Cambodiana Hotel,Cambodia’s Minister of Public Works and Transport Tram Iv Tek joined Royal Group’s Kith Meng, Toll Royal Railway CEO David Kerr and Richz Electronic Services’ Peter Ng Meng Cheng and a number of others to sign a memorandum of understanding. …

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