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Overview

Chinese Government donation in 2009 of 25 railway carriages, including five locomotives, 20 passenger coaches and 200 freight coaches.

Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•MyanmarSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2009
Start (actual)
Aug 31, 2009
End (actual)
Aug 31, 2009

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Myanmar Ministry of Rail Transportation

Loan description

Chinese Government donation in 2009 of 25 railway carriages, including five locomotives, 20 passenger coaches and 200 freight coaches.

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

Based on the news release from Embassy of China in Myanmar and other media sources, the Chinese government on August 31, 2009 donated locomotives, passenger coaches and freight coaches to Myanmar’s Ministry of Railway Transportation in a ceremony held at Yangon Railway Station. The donation consisted of 225 railway carriages, including five locomotives, 20 passenger coaches and 200 freight coaches, which were first offered by China during the 5th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning in October 2008. The passenger coaches will be used on the Yangon-Mandalay express railways section, freight coaches (open) for upgrading railways and new railways projects, and freight coaches for Yangon-Mandalay, Yangon-Mawlamyine, Mandalay-Myitkyina and Mandalay-Lashio railways section for ensuring the swift flow of commodities.