• Vietnam rail plans

  • General discussion of passenger rail systems not otherwise covered in the specific forums in this category, including high speed rail.
General discussion of passenger rail systems not otherwise covered in the specific forums in this category, including high speed rail.

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  by george matthews
 
Vietnam at present has a metre gauge line, originally built by the French. Clearly, this is not suitable for a modern state. So they are planning a standard gauge line which will be a lot faster and will link with the standard gauge network in China.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... dkNJSKgOZM
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndu ... 6820090813
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... 7lZ39KyfTg