Close-up of the largest international freight terminal in Vietnam

TPO - Song Than Station in Binh Duong province is the longest freight station, going to China and to a third country. It is expected that this train station will be invested about 180 billion VND to upgrade, meet the demand and become the largest freight station in the system of railway stations in Vietnam.

In the railway station planning, the functional sector proposed to invest in expanding Song Than station, one of two terminal stations in Binh Duong province (Song Than station and Di An station, Di An city, Binh Duong province), to exploit the international transit route.

Of the two above mentioned terminal stations, Di An station is the passenger station and Song Than station is the freight station. Song Than station is the largest freight terminal station in the South and the whole country, with the function of international transportation.

Song Than Station will start transporting goods directly to China and to third countries from the end of September 2023. In early 2024, Song Than Station will depart the first shipment of 21 cars carrying 200 tons of agricultural products to China.

The advantage of intermodal transport is that the procedure is very quick, the Automatic Data Processing System (VNACCS-VSIS) classifies green lane (exemption from detailed document checking, exemption from actual goods inspection and automatic customs clearance).

Recently, during a meeting between the leaders of the Ministry of Transport and the leaders of Binh Duong province, the two sides agreed to invest in expanding and upgrading An Binh station (Song Than station has two freight stations, Song Than and An Binh) to serve as a mixed passenger and freight hub for the new 1,435 mm double-gauge railway line and the existing North-South 1,000 mm railway line.

Currently, Song Than station has two cargo yards, one 87,000 m2 cargo yard inside the station and one 100,000 m2 cargo yard outside the station (the total management area of ​​Song Than station is about 200,000 m2).

Previously, Binh Duong province proposed to the Vietnam Railway Authority and the Ministry of Transport to relocate and merge Di An station as a passenger station into An Binh station area because Di An station is small, the number of passengers arriving/departing is low and the traffic around the station area is dense, affecting the general traffic situation, as well as not exploiting the station effectively.

According to plan, after renovation and upgrading, Song Than station will reach an exploitation capacity of over 2.5 million tons/year.

It is expected that in the period of 2025 - 2030, after completing the projects, Song Than station capacity will reach 3.5 million tons/year. Song Than will become the largest freight terminal in the system of railway stations in Vietnam.

To be more synchronous and improve capacity, serving international transport activities, Vietnam Railways Corporation proposed the Ministry of Transport to continue to establish the second phase investment project, with an estimated investment of about 180 billion VND, medium-term public investment capital. Accordingly, the cargo yard will be renovated and supplemented, synchronous items will be built; new operating, customs, border and police buildings will be built. Particularly for An Binh cargo yard, the loading and unloading routes will be upgraded and renovated, additional loading and unloading routes will be installed; new cold storage will be built...

Regarding the bonded warehouse area to deploy international transit activities, Vietnam Railways Corporation proposed that Binh Duong province consider granting land for functional warehouses. At the same time, it proposed that Binh Duong Customs Department open a location for inspection, supervision, and customs clearance of goods at Song Than international transit station.

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