Thursday, August 21, 2014

Phnom Penh City’s 2020 Public Train Service Plan


21 August 2014

By 2020, Phnom Penh city should have had public train service in addition to bus service to meet the challenge of population and vehicle growth in the capital.

Phnom Penh city has cooperated with JICA to design the Urban Transport Master Plan in Phnom Penh to solve traffic congestion problem in the capital city. JICA requested for the master plan to be decided as soon as possible at the end of this year to enable its project to be carried out next year. Phnom Penh Municipal Governor agreed with the master plan, which will provide the benefits to the citizens and reduce the traffic jams in the city, but asking for being discussed in detail with Cambodian expertise officials before being submitted to the cabinet ministers for approval in November. The first line costs US$759 million, the second values US$645 million, and the third US$586 million.

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