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14th Meeting of the GMS Subregional Transport Forum
Nanning, Peoples Republic of China, 2-3 December 2010
RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAO PRD
Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Railway Authority
1. Background Information
2. Planned Railway Network3. Recent Development
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The views expressed in this paper/presentation are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or
policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Governors, or the governments they represent. ADB does
not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their
use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.
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1. Background Information
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TheOldPortontheMekongRiver
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Mekong Waterfall
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SteamLocomotivesOperatedon
theKhong
Island
(1920
1940)
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TheOldRailwayEmbankmentandTrack
ontheKhongIsland
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AnOldRailwayBridge
onthe
Khong
Island
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2. Planned Railway Network
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Planned Railway Network
Nongkhai - Vientiane -
Thakhek - Mu Gia (480 km);
Vientiane Luangphrabang
- Boten (556 km);
Chong Mek (Lao - Thai
border) - Pakse -
Savannakhet Laobao
(452 km);
Mukdahan (Lao -Thai
border) - Savannakhet - LaoBao (222 km).
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3. Recent Development
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Thanaleng-Friendship Bridge Railway
Construction Project Financial support of 197 mill. baht (of which 30% and 70% are grant
and soft loan respectively) by the Thai Government;
Construction period: Oct. 2006 May 2008;
Grand Opening of Lao-Thai Railway Operation: 9 March 2009.
Ground Breaking Ceremonyon 19 January 2007 at km 1+850
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Thanaleng-Friendship Bridge Railway
Construction Project
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Thanaleng-Nongkhai Railway Construction Project
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Thanaleng-Friendship Bridge Railway
Construction Project
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Grand Opening Ceremony of Lao-Thai Train Operation co-presided over by
H.E. Mr. Boungnang Vorachit, Vice President of the Lao PDR and HRH
Princess Sinrinthorn of the Kingdom of Thailand
at Thanaleng Station, 5 March 2009
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Detailed Design
of Thanaleng-Vientiane Railway Extension
Grant of the ThaiGovernment;
Completed July 2010
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Vientiane Station Plan
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STATION
HOUSING
COMERCIAL AREA
PROPOSED
OFFICE
MAIN ENTRANCE
SUB ENTRANCE
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Vientiane Station
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Vientiane Station
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Vientiane Station
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Container Yard
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Ware House
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MOU on Cooperation between the Ministry of Public Works and Transportof the Lao PDR and the Ministry of Railways of the PR China
was signed on 7 April 2010.
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MOU on Cooperation between the Ministry of Public Works and
Transport of the Lao PDR and the Ministry of Railways of the PR China
Cooperation Area:- Railway planning, financing, construction, operation and
management, rolling stock maintenance and staff training.
Cooperation Project:- To commence the railway link from Mohan/Boten to Vientiane
first;- Then consider extending the line to Thakhek and further to Mu
Gia. During an official visit of Mr. Liu Zhijun, the Minister of Railways of
the PR China to the Lao PDR 45 October 2010, both parties haveconfirmed to develop the railway project on a joint investment forconstruction, co-management and operation, mutual benefit andcommon development basis.
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West
corridor
Central
corridor
Eastcorridor
Singapore-Kunming Railway Network
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Laos - Sino Railway Project
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Boten-Vientiane Railway is the shortest route from Singapore to Kunming
Features
Design for both passenger and freight traffic
Total length: approx.420km; Tunnels: 190 km; Bridges: approx.90 km
Design speed: 200 km/h (with 250km/h substructure condition reserved)
and 120 km/h for passenger and freight trains respectively
Tracks: single standard gauge (1,435 mm) line (with double track reserved)
Traction: Electrical
Main Stations: 5 (passing through Luangnamtha, Oudomxay, Luang-
phrabang, Vientiane Provinces and the Capital City)
Estimated construction period: 5 years
Challenges:
Only Vangvieng-Vientiane 80 km is plain, the other region is all mountains,
most section of the railway cross the bridges and tunnels
Complexity of geological conditions along the route
Lack of existing supporting facilities (roads, power supply grid)
Unexploded ordnance (UXO)
High environmental requirements
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Significance of the Project
the important section of Trans-Asia Railway Central Corridor;
the necessary inter-connection between Laos and neighbor
countries, which will considerably promote the countrys
economic and cultural exchanges towards the world;
a key infrastructure for socio-economic development of Lao
PDR for the countrys economic taking-off;
a powerful stimulator for market demand and employment
when building up and operation of this railway which will
increase the countrys GDP and peoples living standard
to build a road will reduce the poverty, to build the railway
will make Laos rich faster a nationwide consensus
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Bilateral Agreement
- Agreement on Joint Traffic Working between the
Lao PDR and the Kingdom of Thailand was signed
1997;
- Then renewed 30 March 2008.
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