Japanese investment set to change the face of train travel in Yangon

Japanese investment set to change the face of train travel in Yangon

A vendor sells fruit on board a train on the Yangon Circular Railway in Myanmar on Oct. 29, 2016. The railway is set to be upgraded by means of a 24.87 billion yen ($212 million) loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, which is funding a new signaling system and new trains for the line, to replace its current stock of secondhand Japanese carriages. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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