Nghe An: Preparing to build Nghi Long station (Nghi Loc)

Attending the meeting, on behalf of Nghe An province, there were comradesLe Hong Vinh- Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, representatives of the Department of Transport, the Southeast Economic Zone Management Board. On behalf of Vietnam Railway Corporation, there was Mr. Vu Anh Minh - Chairman of the Board of Members and related departments and offices.

Overview of the meeting. Photo: Tien Dong

LineNorth-South Railwaypassing through Nghe An with a length of 95.5 km (from Km 238+500 ÷ Km334+00) passing through 52 wards and communes of Hoang Mai Town, Quynh Luu, Dien Chau, Nghi Loc, Hung Nguyen, and Vinh City, with 8 stations. Currently, the Railway industry is operating on a railway line with a gauge of 1m.

Currently, the Railway industry is exploiting passenger and cargo transportation on 1m gauge rails, so capacity is still limited. Photo: Tien Dong

In reality, the stations, railway lines, and branch lines in the stations were mostly built a long time ago, so their capacity is still limited. The stations currently do not have yards or warehouses large enough to meet the increasing demand for transportation, loading, unloading, and storage of goods. In particular, in Vinh City, there is currently no station with a yard that meets the standards for container loading and unloading - a popular form of transportation today. Even in 2020, the amount of goods loaded and unloaded in Nghe An via railway only reached 99,654 tons, serving 116,994 passengers, with revenue of 48,171,000,000 VND, only 51.1% compared to 2019.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh introduced the image of the planned location for the station construction to the representative of Vietnam Railway Corporation. Photo: Tien Dong

In order to improve the railway transport capacity to serve the general socio-economic development of the country and Nghe An province, Vietnam Railway Corporation has worked with Nghe An Provincial People's Committee to conduct a survey to include in the planning suitable locations to build freight yards, railway logistics areas to connect with industrial parks, key cargo centers and road and sea transport modes to complete the transport system of Nghe An province.

The delegation conducted a field survey at My Ly station (Dien Chau). Photo: Tien Dong

Previously, representatives of the two sides conducted surveys of 4 locations at Sy station, My Ly station (Dien Chau), Nam Cam Industrial Park through Nghi Long commune (Nghi Loc) and Vinh station area. The delegation directly surveyed the proposed location for the construction of Do Dao station (south of Sy market station - Dien Chau); surveyed and reviewed the location of Nghi Long station, this is the station preparing to deploy investment and construction under the project to renovate and upgrade essential railway works on the Hanoi - Vinh section.

Planning drawings of some proposed options for placing freight stations are being discussed by the People's Committee of Nghe An province and Vietnam Railways Corporation. Photo: Tien Dong

After this working session, Vietnam Railway Corporation will coordinate with Nghe An Provincial People's Committee to complete the Project on management and exploitation of railway infrastructure assets invested by the State to soon submit to the Prime Minister for approval.