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Government Reveals Chinese, Korean Railway Plans

by sidet on March 20, 2012

in Infrastructure

Phnom Penh rail station

Phnom Penh rail station

The Chinese and South Korean governments have been granted permission to build 565 km of new railroad in Cambodia and have already conducted feasibility studies, according to a government report.

In its annual report, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport said that plans were in store to build 450 km of railroad from Preah Vihea province in the north to Kampot province in the south. [Read full article…]

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