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The agreement was finalized at the end of November at the Bangkok
headquarters of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific at the conclusion of a three-day
intergovernmental meeting organized by the commission.
The Trans-Asian Railway Network constitutes a major step toward
the identification of an integrated, international, intermodal
network in the region. A similar agreement for the Asian Highway
Network came into force in July.
In close collaboration with concerned countries, the U.N.
commission's Transport and Tourism Division has already started
putting the new network into operation.
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 Four demonstration runs of container block-trains were
successfully implemented along key segments of the northern corridor
between November 2003 and July 2004. Through these demonstration
runs, the railways concerned have gained greater awareness of
international trade patterns arising from globalization and
exercised new skills effectively to respond to the industry
requirements for efficient transport and logistics services.
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