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Work begins to upgrade weak bridges on North-South railway route

A construction package to upgrade weak bridges on the North-South railway route was launched on May 18 in the central province of Quang Tri by the Transport Ministry, the Railway Project Management Board and the contractors.
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Hanoi (VNA) – A construction package to upgrade weak bridges on the North-Southrailway route was launched on May 18 in the central province of Quang Tri by theTransport Ministry, the Railway Project Management Board and the contractors.

The packageis the second one in the project to upgrade 129 weak bridges on the North-Southrailway route, one of the urgent and important railway projects eligible to useState reserve budget for medium-term investment under the National AssemblyStanding Committee’s Resolution 556/NQ-UBTVQH14 dated July 31, 2018.

Addressingthe ceremony, Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong said as the North-Southrailway route has been in operation for more than 100 years, its out-of-date infrastructurehas limited trains’ speed.

Under the nationalrailway development plan, the route will be upgrade to serve short-distancecargo and passenger transport.

Thereare currently 1,454 bridges on the Hanoi-HCM City railway route, covering morethan 36.3km./.
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