4Unit development costs of a selection of recent or onโgoing railway projects in Asia Country Distance (Km) Terrain/alignment New High Speed 350 km /hour 20.77 Passenger Rail 250 km /hour 14.01 New Urban Mass Transit Thailand Orange Line, Bangkok 35 Most underground 94.18 Railway (Metro) Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh City, Line 1 19.7 Some underground 55.40
OrascomConstruction's share of this second phase signed today is USD 1.2 billion, which brings Orascom Construction's total share of all three lines to USD 1.8 billion and the Group's latest disclosed backlog to USD 6.7 billion. The consortium will design, install, commission, and maintain the high-speed rail system for 15 years.
Therapid development of high-speed rail (HSR) and station areas has shortened the spatial and temporal distances among cities, improved the accessibility of cities, and affected the spatial agglomeration and diffusion of populations and of social and economic activities. This has led to spatial reconfiguration of production factors within cities, which has the potential to drive the
Stabirailsnew railway technology shortens construction times and guarantees better performance. Slab track or ballastless track plays a key role in the construction and modernization of high-speed rail. It was first introduced on high-speed lines where track is under frequent stress, such as on high frequency routes and in railway tunnels.