Restructuring of the Railway in Cambodia (2nd Supplementary)

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Details

Project	37534-012
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Type	TA
Sector	Transport
Country	Cambodia
Start	2007
End	2011
Status	Closed
Last Edited	05 Jul 2021

Funding

US$('000) 600

Project Description

The objectives of the project are: (i) to increase the efficiency of transport services within Cambodia and to its neighbors by providing efficient alternative routes and modes of transport for Cambodia's import and export trade; (ii) to reduce the cost of road maintenance and traffic risks by transferring heavy and dangerous cargo to a safe and reliable railway system; (iii) to pave the way for further subregional integration in the future by facilitating achievement of the Singapore-Kunming railway link; and (iv) to increase the transparency and eliminate the current financial losses from the railway by restructuring the railway into a Public Private Partnership, and by establishing a transparent regulatory framework for the railway.

Progress (as of March 2021)

Project closed

Contacts

Contact 1
Contact Name	Broch, Peter
Organization	Asian Development Bank
Email
Contact 2
Contact Name	-
Organization	-
Email	-

News and Multimedia

http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia

Cambodia has revived an old rail network to spur the country's economic development and bring the region a step closer to having a pan-Asian railway.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia

People living very close to the railway need to relocate as they are in constant danger from passing trains.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia

Many of informal settlers at risk live within 3.5 meters of the tracks. Furthermore, they've been living in areas without legal access to electricity and potable water.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia

Former informal settlers now live in a house, larger than the shacks they left behind, and have electricity and a toilet.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia

"I left school at seven and started working in the rice fields. I've never had much money. I never thought I would ever own land." - Hong Chan, project beneficiary.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia

Ke Bopha, a sociologist from Phnom Penh who runs livelihood programs in three of the project's five relocation sites.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia

Mom Cheang with his wife Chean Mom borrowed from the microfund to establish a small mushroom growing business.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia

The residence at Sihanoukville relocation site are allowed to use vacant land to farm pigs and chickens to augment the family income.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia

A happy 12-year-old girl relocated because of the railway project.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia

She says she hopes to become a doctor someday.
Source: http://www.adb.org/news/photo-essays/moving-better-lives-cambodia

Increasing the efficiency of transport services within Cambodia and to its neighbors by providing efficient alternative routes and modes of transport for Cambodia's import and export trade.
Reducing the cost of road maintenance and traffic risks by transferring heavy and dangerous cargo to a safe and reliable railway system.
Paving the way for subregional integration by facilitating achievement of the Singapore- Kunming Railway Link.
Increasing the transparency and eliminating the then significant financial losses from the railway by restructuring the railway into a Public Private Partnership and by establishing a transparent regulatory framework for the railway.