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The Trans-Asian Railway Network Agreement is an agreement signed on 10 November 2006, by seventeen Asian nations as part of a United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) effort to build a transcontinental railway network between Europe and Pacific ports in China. [2]
Nov 21, 2006 · The Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network entered into force on 11 June 2009. The certified true copies of the Agreement in Chinese, English and Russian languages are available at the United Nations Treaty Collection website .
The rail system operates on two gauges, standard (1.435 m; China and most of Western Europe) and broad (1.520 m; Russia and some Scandinavian countries), which imposes a technical challenge. It requires reloading or an adaptation of the equipment to gauge change. Moving cargo between China and Germany would involve two gauge changes.
A Working Group on the Trans-Asian Railway Network (the “Working Group”) shall be established by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific to consider the implementation of the Agreement and to consider any amendments proposed. All States which are members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission ...
The Trans-Asian Railway Network is a regional transport cooperation platform aimed at enhancing the efficiency and development of the railway infrastructure in Asia. It is part of ESCAP’s overall goal to see the development of an international, integrated, intermodal transport and logistics system for the region, with the Asian Highway and ...
Jan 15, 2024 · Yet the opening of the 414km standard-gauge China - Laos railway in December 2021 could spark further development in the region, potentially enabling more countries to move freight and passengers by rail on a new Trans-Asian Railway network.
Dec 7, 2020 · A year later, at the tenth ASEAN summit, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao cited the pan-Asian railway in his speech, and Chinese state media predicted completion of all three routes by 2015. Despite missing these deadlines, China has made the pan-Asian railway an even more central part of its regional engagement.
