Dong Nai – Saigon railway on the pipeline

Dong Nai – Saigon railway on the pipeline VietNamNet Bridge – With a total investment of up to tens of trillions VND (hundreds of millions of USD), the 46km railway linking Trang Bom in Dong Nai province to Hoa Hung in HCM City is considered essential to meet the increasing demand for passenger and cargo transport.

The Trang Bom-Sai Gon railway (red line). On February 27, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong and the consulting firm TEDI South had a meeting with the HCM City People's Committee to discuss plans to build the Trang Bom - Saigon railway.

According to the consultant, the route is nearly 46 km long, with nearly 20 km of elevated rail and 15 stations.

As planned, the route will include three rails of 1,000 mm gauge. In the long term, two rails of 1,435 mm gauge will be built.

The route will be built in different stages. In the first stage, the Di An (Binh Duong province) – Ho Chi Minh City route will be built, expected to start before 2020 and the Di An – Trang Bom route will be built later.

“The Ministry of Transport will work with donors to call for capital investment in the infrastructure. However, HCM City has to take care of the funding for site clearance,” Deputy Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong said.

According to the Ministry of Transport’s plan, by 2020, HCM City will have the following rail routes: Trang Bom ( Dong Nai ) – Hoa Hung (Saigon Railway Station), Ho Chi Minh City – My Tho – Can Tho (174km long), Ho Chi Minh City – Nha Trang (366km), HCM City – Tay Ninh (139km), Di An – Loc Ninh (128km), Thu Thiem – Thanh International Airport (Dong Nai), Bien Hoa – Vung Tau (54.6 km).

The total investment for these routes is VND341.3 trillion, which will be mobilized from ODA loans, government bonds, the state budget and private enterprises.

US$1 = VND21,000

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