Gleaming new train arrives ahead of railway opening for usage at the Laos-China Railway


Images from Vientiane Times/ANN

VIENTAINE, Oct 17 (Vientaine Times/ANN): The first passenger train to be put into service when the Laos-China railway comes into operation in December arrived at Vientiane station in Xaythany district on Saturday evening (Oct 17).

The electrical multiple unit train, which has been named Lane Xang, was handed over at a ceremony at the station on Saturday attended by Minister of Public Works and Transport Viengsavath Siphandone, the Chinese Ambassador to Laos, Jiang Zaidong, General Manager of the Laos-China Railway Company, Xiao Qianwen, and other officials.

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