Cambodia railway news
News about railway infrastructure, operations, policy and the supply industry in Cambodia.
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NewsCambodia’s Royal Railway expands fleet
CAMBODIA: Railway concessionaire Royal Railway has taken delivery of additional locomotives and wagons, and has put into service a fleet of diesel multiple-units acquired from Japan. Two YDM-4 metre-gauge diesel locos which arrived from India in November ‘will greatly improve our ability to ...
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NewsJapanese DMUs find second homes in Thailand and Cambodia
ASIA: Japan’s JR Hokkaido and JR East have sold cars of ex-Series KiHa 183 diesel multiple-units to Thailand and Cambodia. JR Hokkaido announced on April 12 that it had sold its remaining 11 cars, which had served as Series KiHa 183 diesel multiple-units, to Cambodia’s national ...
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NewsCambodian railway regauging study completed
CAMBODIA: A feasibility study for a further rebuild of the 382 km line from Phnom Penh to Poipet on the Thai border was submitted to the government on January 24.0
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NewsCambodia Freight Forwarders call for rail improvements
CAMBODIA: The rail network is not yet working well for freight shippers despite recent improvements, a trade body told the 17th ASEAN Ports & Shipping Conference in Phnom Penh. Moving containers on the 266 km metre-gauge route from the capital and business hub Phnom Penh to the ...
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Country profileMalaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam & Laos - country map
Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam & Laos: national rail network map
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Organisations
Royal Railways
The 30-year concession from 2009 aims to rehabilitate and expand the country's rail network. Services were restored to the Phnom Penh -- Sihanoukville line at the end of 2012. Initially ownership was shared: Royal Group (45%), Toll Group (55%). At the end of 2014 Toll Group divested its stake, and ...
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Organisations
Royal Cambodian Railways (RCR)
The railway from Phnom-Penh to Poipet, on the then Siamese frontier, was built in two sections in 1930-32 and 1939-40. In 1952, all lines falling within Cambodian territory were amalgamated as Cambodia Railways. A line between Phnom-Penh and Kompong Som (Sihanoukville) was opened in 1969. In 2009 a 30-year operating ...
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Organisations
Ministry of Public Works & Transport, Cambodia
Amongst other transport responsibilities, the minister oversees development and operation of the Royal Cambodian Railways. AddressStreet 598 (HE Chea Sophara Street)Sangkat Chrang Chamres 2, Khan Russey Keo12000 Phnom PenhCambodiaPhone+855 23 723615Emailinfo@mpwt.gov.khWebsitewww.mpwt.gov.kh
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NewsCambodia – Thailand rail link inaugurated by prime ministers
ASIA: The 1·3 km cross-border rail link connecting Poipot with Arayaprathet was officially inaugurated by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Thai counterpart Prayut Chan-o-Cha with a ceremony on April 22. Public services are expected to start soon. An agreement regulating the operation of international rail services was ...
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NewsPhnom Penh airport railcars ready for delivery
CAMBODIA: Next month Royal Railway expects to taken delivery of three diesel railcars which it has ordered from Mexico for use on the rail link to Phnom Penh International Airport. The 1·6 km on-street branch from the Phnom Penh – Sihanoukville main line to the airport opened in April, with ...
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NewsFinal section of Phnom Penh – Thailand railway inaugurated
CAMBODIA: The 166 km Phnom Penh – Pursat section of the northern main line was reopened on July 4, completing the reinstatement of the 386 km route between the capital and the Thai border. Free travel is being offered until the end of the month. The through route to the ...
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NewsCambodia reinstates Sisophon – Battambang railway
CAMBODIA: The reopening of a further 69 km of main line railway was celebrated on April 29 when an inaugural train ran from Sisophon to Battambang carrying Transport Minister Sun Chanthol. The reopening of this section of the country’s northern main line between Phnom Penh and the Thai border marks ...
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NewsPhnom Penh airport shuttle train launched
CAMBODIA: A shuttle service from Phnom Penh’s main station to the international airport was inaugurated by Minister of Public Works & Transportation Sun Chanthol on April 10. Travel is free until the end of July. Services run every 30 min and take around 25 min to cover the 9·6 km ...
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NewsCambodia opens Thai border rail link
CAMBODIA: Passenger services have been launched on the reinstated 48 km section of the line between provincial capital Sisophon and Poipet on the border with Thailand. The service operated by national railway concessionaire Royal Railway was inaugurated by Minister of Public Works & Transportation Sun Chanthol an April 4. There ...
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NewsMexican DMUs ordered to work Phnom Penh airport rail link
CAMBODIA: Revenue services on the new rail link to Phnom Penh International Airport are expected to begin running with effect from the Khmer New Year on April 10, Hoeurn Somnieng, deputy director of the cabinet at the Ministry of Public Works & Transport announced on March 2. Test running has ...
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NewsCambodian railway study presented
CAMBODIA: A prefeasibility study has been completed for a proposed rail connection between Phnom Penh Autonomous Port and the existing metre-gauge Southern line from the capital to Sihanoukville. The study was presented to Minister of Public Works & Transport Sun Chanthol by China Railway 16th Bureau Group’s Cambodian representative Tang ...
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NewsGovernment funds Phnom Penh – Sisophon rehabilitation
CAMBODIA: Work is expected to begin in September on initial repairs to the Northern line which links the capital Phnom Penh with Sisophon, 40 km from the border with Thailand. The government has agreed to provide US$33m to support what it terms ‘emergency repairs’ on the 386 km metre gauge ...
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NewsRailway planned to link Cambodian steel plant and port
CAMBODIA: Under an agreement worth up to US$11bn, a 405 km north-south railway is to be constructed as part of a Chinese-funded investment to build steel production and port facilities in the country. The railway would be built by China Railway Group under contract to the Chinese-backed ...
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NewsAusAID pledges funding as Cambodian rehabilitation resumes
CAMBODIA: Australian overseas development agency AusAID has pledged further financial assistance to support the rehabilitation of Cambodia’s partly-modernised metre-gauge network. AusAID’s contribution of at least A$1m will support the relocation and compensation of families affected by the US$141m railway modernisation. The upgrading work is being co-ordinated by ...
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NewsRail revival to replace Cambodia's bamboo trains
CAMBODIA: Rehabilitation of the run-down and war-damaged railway network reached a milestone when the initial section was officially reopened on October 22. The first cement traffic was carried in early October on a 117 km stretch between Phnom Penh and Touk Meas, and passenger services are planned for the ...