HCMC proposes adjusting HCMC-Can Tho express railway project

HCMC proposes adjusting HCMC-Can Tho express railway project The Saigon Times Daily The scheduled route of the HCMC-Can Tho high-speed railway project as proposed by the Ministry of Transport HCMC – The HCMC government has proposed the Ministry of Transport adjust the HCMC-Can Tho high-speed railway project to reduce the route length to make the project more feasible, the local media reported. According to the Ministry of Transport’s decision, issued on August 27, 2013, the railway was planned to be nearly 173,700 kilometers long with 14 stations, starting from An Binh station in Binh Duong Province and running through the urban areas of HCMC and four Mekong Delta provinces. However, representatives of HCMC and four localities in the Mekong Delta region later agreed to the Southern Institute of Science and Technology’s proposal to reduce the route’s length to 139 kilometers, shortening the travel time between HCMC and Can Tho City to roughly 45 minutes. The railway would then run parallel with the HCMC-Trung Luong-My Thuan expressway. The HCMC-Can Tho high-speed railway will stop at 10 stations, beginning at Tan Kien station in HCMC and running through stations in Long An, Tien Giang and Vinh Long provinces before ending at Cai Cui Port in Can Tho City. According to the HCMC government, the adjustment will reduce the amount of cleared land needed for the project, and localities will be able to develop urban areas connected to the stations. In addition, the construction and equipment costs will be reduced by VND17 trillion… [Read full story]