high-speed railway

Indonesia completes debt restructuring plan for China-funded high speed train

Despite retreating from the country’s most politically symbolic route, Vingroup’s rail unit VinSpeed is still advancing its Ben Thanh-Can Gio and Hanoi-Quang Ninh bullet train projects.

Vingroup’s rail retreat sparks VN-Index rout, exposes strain in Vietnam’s mega-project push

In addition to Vingroup, investors including Thaco, Vietnam Railways and Vietnam Investment and Development Group have shown interest in the high-speed rail project.

Vietnam’s Vingroup to withdraw bid for US$67 billion North-South high-speed railway

Together, the "Vin trio" make up more than a fifth of the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange’s total market capitalisation.

Vietnam’s stock-market rally has one name behind it

The contenders for developing the critical infrastructure, which will run the length of Vienam to connect its largest cities and metropolises, Hanoi (above) and Ho Chi Minh City, include VinSpeed and Truong Hai Group.

Vietnam’s most ambitious US$67 billion North-South high-speed railway faces funding conundrum

Ho Chi Minh City is racing to complete 10 urban railway lines by 2035.

Vietnam’s US$40 billion metro boom in Ho Chi Minh City

Passengers boarding a high- speed train in Dalian, in northeastern Liaoning province. In July and August, a record 943 million passenger trips were taken on China’s railways, up 4.7% year on year.

China’s travellers return, but their spending stays home

A HSR project linking Kuala Lumpur (pictured) with Singapore is estimated to cost well north of RM80 billion.
THINKING ALOUD

High-speed rail link proposal gets yet another airing

Workers operate a piece of measuring equipment at the HS2 rail Curzon Street Station construction site in Birmingham, Britain, October 3, 2022. The project’s estimated costs have almost tripled to more than £100 billion (S$173.6 billion) from £37.5 billion in 2013, making it one of the world’s most expensive lines.

UK’s high-speed rail faces new delays, deemed ‘appalling mess’

Modi also inaugurated infrastructure projects worth 460 billion rupees (S$6.89 billion) in the city of Katra in Jammu and Kashmir.

Modi launches US$5.4 billion rail project in Jammu and Kashmir