The North-South high-speed railway will pass through 5 districts and towns of Nghe An.

Representatives of the Railway Project Management Board presented the route of the high-speed railway through Nghe An. Photo: Thu Huyen

On the afternoon of July 31, a delegation of the Ministry of Transport led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong worked with the People's Committee of Nghe An province on the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis through Nghe An. Comrade Huynh Thanh Dien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, along with relevant departments, branches, and localities with the high-speed railway route passing through, attended the meeting.

The newly built North-South high-speed railway, with a total length of about 1,542 km, will pass through 20 provinces and cities. According to the consulting consortium, most of the new railway will run parallel to the existing railway, but some sections will be separated depending on the terrain.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien suggested that the consulting consortium should calculate the location of the station and the route to limit the amount of compensation for site clearance. Photo: Thu Huyen

Instead of going along the mountain pass like the current railway, the consulting unit is studying the option of going through the mountains at Hai Van, Cu Mong Pass, Ca Pass... About 50 - 60% of the route length will go on overpasses, river bridges, without level crossings with roads like the current railway. The land area occupied is about 50m wide, including the railway and the protection corridor.

High-speed railway is a good condition for socio-economic development, convenient for exploiting land fund, compact urban area (also known as compact urban area).

Proposed stations on the high-speed rail line.

At the meeting, representatives of the Railway Project Management Board briefly presented the route direction in Nghe An province and station locations.

Accordingly, the length of the route through Nghe An province is 85.40km, passing through Hoang Mai town and 4 districts: Quynh Luu, Dien Chau, Nghi Loc and Hung Nguyen. Vinh station is located in Hung Tay commune, Hung Nguyen district, about 5km west of the current railway station.

According to the consulting consortium, the route will run along the expressway corridor on the west side of the bypass, before going straight to Vinh station. From Vinh station, the route will go straight to the South, then turn left to cross Highway 46, the railway line. The route will cross the Lam River, running almost parallel to Highway 1A to Ha Tinh province.

Deputy Director of the Department of Transport Nguyen Duc An said that locating the station in Hoang Mai town is more suitable, because this is a key economic zone, with a convenient distance... Photo: Thu Huyen

After listening to the opinions of local representatives, the Construction and Transport sectors, speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien basically agreed with the route plan implemented by the consultant. However, the section through Hoang Mai town needs to be studied in accordance with the local planning. The consulting consortium needs to calculate the location of the station, the route plan to limit the amount of compensation for land clearance, and facilitate the connection via National Highway 46 and the 72m road under construction. The southern route plan needs to be adjusted to the left of the expressway, located between the expressway and National Highway 1A to limit intersections with the expressway.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Huynh Thanh Dien proposed to the working delegation and the Project Management Board to study placing the station in Hoang Mai Town instead of Truong Lam Station (Thanh Hoa) because this is a key economic zone, with existing traffic connecting to the economic zones in the West of Nghe An.

Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong speaks at the meeting. Photo: Thu Huyen

Concluding the meeting, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong basically agreed with the opinions and proposals of the province, in which, for the location of Vinh station, the exchange of railway and road locations will be studied to facilitate the arrangement of routes leading to the station, reducing construction investment costs...

Regarding the proposal to locate the station in Hoang Mai town, the Deputy Minister acknowledged the local opinions but needed to find out the appropriate space arrangement.

Propose that the TEDI-TRICC-TEDIS consulting consortium continue to study and adjust the project, submit it to the Ministry of Transport in September and submit it to the Government at the end of the year.