Agreement for Trans Asian Railway network
With a view to promoting India's trade relations with Asian and European countries, the Trans Asian Railway Network agreement has come into force in June this year. India had signed the inter-governmental agreement on the Trans Asian Railway Network in June 2007 at UN headquarters in New York. Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa said on Thursday that the agreement came into force in June this year after signatories ratified the agreement. The southern Corridor of Trans Asian Railway network provides rail link via India between Asia and Europe.
The link commences from Kunming in China and Bangkok in Thailand and ends in Kapikule in Bulgaria having total length of 11,460 km, passing among other countries through Myanmar, India, Bnagladesh and Pakistan.
The Trans Asian Railway network will provide viable land route to promote trade relations with the Middle East, Central Asia and South East Asia and Europe, Muniyappa said
