ADB PPTA-8597-BAN: Preparing the SASEC Railway Connectivity Investment Program
Client
Asian Development Bank (ADB); Ministry of Railway, Government of Bangladesh
Sector
Transport & Infrastructure
Country
Bangladesh
Timeline
2016-2018
Project Description
A thorough review and update of the current Master Plan to incorporate the latest government transportation policies and strategic plans that directly impact on BR including Dual gauge conversion, economic development, and multimodal integration.
Assessment of the rolling stock would directly follow the Master Plan so that fleet requirements, phase-wise could be translated into rolling stock acquisition plans and maintenance workload.
Assessment of the track and permanent way maintenance would also align with the revised Master Plan development blueprint.
Establishing a Research and Development wing at BR would be evaluated