North–South Express Railway (Vietnam)
| North–South express railway (Vietnam) | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Status | Cancelled |
| Locale | Vietnam |
| Termini | unknown unknown |
| Services | not available |
| Operation | |
| Operator(s) | Vietnam Railway Corporation |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 1,570 km (980 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Operating speed | 350 km/h (220 mph) |
North–South express railway (Vietnamese: Đường sắt cao tốc Bắc-Nam) is a proposed express railway in Vietnam. The line would begin in Hanoi, crossing provinces and municipalities of Hanoi, Hà Tây, Hà Nam, Ninh Bình, Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên-Huế, Đà Nẵng, Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Phú Yên, Khánh Hòa, Ninh Thuận, Bình Thuận, Đồng Nai, Bình Dương, and coming to an end in Ho Chi Minh City. The total proposed length would be 1,570 kilometres (980 mi), compared with the 1,729-kilometre (1,074 mi) of the old railway line. The cost of the line is estimated at US$55.85 billion, to be funded by official development assistance from Japan and by the Vietnamese government itself.
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