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Laos, Thailand, China to build new railway bridge for freight

Laos, Thailand, and China are thinking about building a new railway bridge, running parallel to the first Lao-Thai friendship bridge, to assist the cross-border transport of containers, according to the Lao media.
Laos, Thailand, China to build new railway bridge for freight ảnh 1Illustrative image (Photo: laotiantimes.com)

Vientiane (VNA) – Laos,Thailand, and China are thinking about building a new railway bridge, runningparallel to the first Lao-Thai friendship bridge, to assist the cross-bordertransport of containers, according to the Lao media.

Theconstruction will start 30m from the first Lao-Thai friendship bridge and havea total of four railway lines.

Atthe moment, due to a difference in track gauges, Thai cargo containers headedfor China need to be unloaded from trains at a container terminal in Nong Khaiand loaded onto container trucks to cross the Lao-Thai friendship bridge toVientiane. Here they are then loaded onto the Laos-China railway for shipmentto China.

Thailandis keen to use the railway to ship more agricultural products to China,particularly orchids, rubber, cassava, palm oil, and fishery and livestockproducts.

More than 1 million tonnesof goods have been transported on the Laos-China railway since it becameoperational eight months ago. Goods worth 1.35 billion USD have beentransported on this route./.

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