Khmer Times reported that Combodian Government has prioritized the subway train development in Phnom Penh as the mega transportation system. The subway transport will be developed in Phnom Penh to facilitate commuters’ travels inside Phnom Penh and to the outskirts of the city to Kandal province. Prime Minister Mr Hun Sen in ground breaking ceremony said “The subway is a priority in transport infrastructure development in Phnom Penh in the future. In Phnom Penh, the possibility is not flyovers, sky train, but subway. It is too complicated to build a sky train because it will affect partially people’s house rooftops.” Mr Hun Sen stated that JICA of Japan had already studied the construction of sky trains in Phnom Penh, but due to the impact, the project was cancelled, pointing out that spending nearly USD 2 billion on sky train alone in Phnom Penh does not seem to be fair, as the countryside needs a lot of bridges and roads. The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has encouraged foreign firms, mainly from China, to step into the mega transportation system in the capital, aiming to solve traffic congestion in Phnom Penh. The JICA and Chinese firms have conducted studies and filed the feasibility study results to the ministry, but the ministry did not come to any final decision. The CRBC Company’s experts emphasised that the main problem is that they need to study in detail, focusing on the possibility of building a railway network that is planned to connect almost all locations, especially in areas with high population density in Phnom Penh
Khmer Times reported that Combodian Government has prioritized the subway train development in Phnom Penh as the mega transportation system. The subway transport will be developed in Phnom Penh to facilitate commuters’ travels inside Phnom Penh and to the outskirts of the city to Kandal province. Prime Minister Mr Hun Sen in ground breaking ceremony said “The subway is a priority in transport infrastructure development in Phnom Penh in the future. In Phnom Penh, the possibility is not flyovers, sky train, but subway. It is too complicated to build a sky train because it will affect partially people’s house rooftops.” Mr Hun Sen stated that JICA of Japan had already studied the construction of sky trains in Phnom Penh, but due to the impact, the project was cancelled, pointing out that spending nearly USD 2 billion on sky train alone in Phnom Penh does not seem to be fair, as the countryside needs a lot of bridges and roads. The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has encouraged foreign firms, mainly from China, to step into the mega transportation system in the capital, aiming to solve traffic congestion in Phnom Penh. The JICA and Chinese firms have conducted studies and filed the feasibility study results to the ministry, but the ministry did not come to any final decision. The CRBC Company’s experts emphasised that the main problem is that they need to study in detail, focusing on the possibility of building a railway network that is planned to connect almost all locations, especially in areas with high population density in Phnom Penh
