[sustran] Manila / China / Bangladesh / Ho Chi Minh City rail projects

[Todd Edelman]

Manila capacity expanded
http://www.railwaygazette.com/Articles/2007/01/01/3479/Manila+capacity+expanded.html

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Chinese expansion continues
http://www.railwaygazette.com/Articles/2007/01/01/3477/Chinese+expansion+continues.html

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Bangladesh: The World Bank has approved the US$40m Bangladesh Railway
Reform Programmatic Development Policy Credit, a 40-year credit granted to
support rail reform as part of a long-term strategic partnership between
the government, World Bank, Asian Development Bank and Japan Bank for
International Co-operation.

Vietnam: Asian Development Bank has announced a US$1·7m grant funded
by the Government of Japan for the production of a mass transit master
plan for Ho Chi Minh City. Work will include the completion of preliminary
designs for two metro lines from Ben Thanh to Thanh Luong and Mien Tay
Coach station, with a total route length of 20·6 km and 22 stations
to be completed by 2020.

http://www.railwaygazette.com/Articles/2007/01/01/3500/Finance.html
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