37269-013: CAM: GMS Rehabilitation of the Railway in Cambodia

Project Data Sheet (PDS): Overview

Description

The proposed Project will restore the Cambodia's railway infrastructure by rehabilitating its existing track and reestablishing Cambodia's rail connection with Thailand. This will be initiated in 2007 for completion in 2009. The railway's operations will be improved through restructuring, which is ongoing and will be completed in 2007 with award to a private railway operator of a concession to operate the railway commercially for a period of 33 years under a PPP arrangement. Restructuring is imp... Read More

Country	Cambodia
Project Number	37269-013
Project Type or Modality of Assistance	Loan
Financing	Public sector (Sovereign)
Status	Approved
Approval Number	Loan No. 2288
Approval Date	13 Dec 2006
ADB Financing ($ thousand)	42,000
Sector / Subsector Classification	Transport and ICT / Rail Transport
Thematic Classification	Economic growth Regional cooperation and integration
Safeguard Categories	Environment: B Resettlement: A Indigenous People: B

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22 August 2012: The train lined up at Phnom Penh Station.
22 August 2012: The north-south junction at Samrong Estate
22 August 2012: The locomotive horn roars almost non-stop to alert people walking along and over the track, and to bring the heavy traffic over each crossing to a stand-still.
22 August 2012: The locomotive horn roars almost non-stop to alert people walking along and over the track, and to bring the heavy traffic over each crossing to a stand-still.
17 August 2012: People expressed their concerns on the sufficiency of compensations. Photo: Arnold Marseille
17 August 2012: From Left to Right - Kit Sopha, Chief, Khan Posen Chey; Fiona McAlister, First Secretary, AusAID Cambodia; Peter Brimble, OIC and Deputy Country Director, ADB CARM; H.E. Nhean Leng, Undersecretary of State, MRF and IRC Chairman; Im Sethyra, Director, Resettlement Department(RD)-MEF, Sim Samnang. Deputy Director, RD-MEF. Photo: Arnold Marseille
27 June 2012: People relocated as a result of the project in Phnom Penh take part in consultations to learn more about the Expanded Income Restoration Program. Photo: Arnold Marseille
27 June 2012: The Inter-Ministerial Resettlement Committee (IRC) led the consultations with the participation of ADB and AusAID. Photo: Arnold Marseille
27 June 2012: The consultation heard from affected people who shared their concerns and ideas with the IRC, ADB and AusAID. Photo: Arnold Marseille
27 June 2012: People relocated as a result of the project in Phnom Penh take part in consultations to learn more about the Expanded Income Restoration Program. Photo: Arnold Marseille
2 March 2012: Training on Resettlement and Grievance Procedures completed in all provinces. Photo: Sokha Ouk/Arnold Marseille
2 March 2012: The training provided a follow-up on an earlier training on resettlement policies and principles in July/August 2011.
30 January 2012: The missing link nearly completed. Photo: Sothea Ros
30 January 2012: Works on the final stretch to the Thai border have started. Photo: Sothea Ros
30 January 2012: It will be the first train connection reaching the Northeast Thai-Cambodian border. Photo: Sothea Ros
27 January 2012: Public consultation for undecided affected households in Phnom Penh organized by the Inter-ministerial Resettlement Committee (IRC). Photo: Arnold Marseille
15 September 2011: Hog-raising at the Sihanoukville relocation site.
22 July 2011: A cargo train arrives at the newly renovated station in Phnom Penh.