1. Asian Highway and Trans-Asian Railway
Best Practices
Asian Highway and Trans-Asian Railway
Chief, Transport Infrastructure Section
Transport and Tourism Division
Ha Dongwoo

2. Asian Highway: Priority Assigned
Islamic Republic of Iran
All AH are included in fourth Five Year Development Plan
Afghanistan
Almost all AH routes are under study or under rehabilitation
India
National Highway Development Project (US $38 billion) includes upgrading of most of AH routes to 4 lanes.

3. Asian Highway: Priority Assigned
Mongolia
National development plan including the Millennium Road Project (AH32)
China
35,000 km of high standard national trunk highway system including majority of AH
ASEAN
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand: conform AH standards
All AH in Cambodia and Lao PDR upgrading in progress

4. Asian Highway: Financing
International Financial Institutions
Bilateral donors
Co-financing among neighboring countries
Enhanced cooperation among neighboring countries – investment not only within their own territories but across borders

5. Numrug-Choybalsan-Ondorhaan Prefeasibility study ESCAP
AH32:
Numrug-Choybalsan-Ondorhaan
Prefeasibility study
ESCAP
AH4:
Yarantai-Hovd-Ulaanbaishint
750 Km
ADB, Mongolia
AH3:
Zaamin Uud-Ulaanbaatar,
China, ROK, ADB, Mongolia
US$ 63m

6. Phuentsholing-Thimphu
AH48: Widening
Phuentsholing-Thimphu
India

7. Kratie-Border of Lao PDR
AH11: Rehabilitation
Kratie-Border of Lao PDR
China

8. AH3:
Houayxay-Boten
China, Thailand,
Lao PDR and ADB
US $30 m

9. Thailand, Lao PDR and Japan,
AH16:
Second Mekong Bridge
Thailand, Lao PDR and Japan,
4 billion Yen

10. Demonstration Runs-Implementation
Moscow
Vostochny
Malaszewicze
July 2004
10,350 km - 12 days 8 hours 4
35 km/h km/day
Brest
Ulaan
15-24 June 2004
7,200 km - 8 days 16 hours 3
35 km/h km/day
Tianjin
Ulaan baatar
8-11 November 2003
1,700 km - 75 hours 20 min. 1
22.5 km/h km/day
Almaty
Lianyungang
22-29 April 2004
5,020 km - 7 days 6 hours 2
29 km/h km/day

11. Successful launch & regular operation
Friendship Express (Tianjin – Ulaanbaatar)
Mongolian Vector (Ulaanbaatar – Brest)
Ulaanbaatar to Brest (Belarus)

12. From 152 trains (2004) to 278 trains (Jan-Aug 2006)
Container block-train services from Lianyungang/Qingdao/Tianjin to Alashanko
From 152 trains (2004) to 278 trains (Jan-Aug 2006)
Lianyungang to Alataw Pass (Alashankou)

13. Trial runs for development of new services From Hohhot to Frankfurt
From Tianjin to Kouvola, Finlkand
From Urumqi to Novorossisk
Tianjin to Kouvola (Finland)

14. Assessing impact of measures
Measure the efficiency of policy / infrastructure improvements
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Distance (km)
Time (hours)
(6,798 km)
Sukhbaatar
(6,778 km)
Naushki
(7,200 km)
Ulaanbaatar
2002
15 days
(statistics)
(6,798 km)
Sukhbaatar
(6,778 km)
Naushki
(7,200 km)
Ulaanbaatar
2004
8 days 16 hrs
(demonstration run)
(610 km)
Krasnoe
Brest

15. More information Further contact United Nations ESCAP Ha Dongwoo Tel.
Fax. .
Further contact