Train maker to operate in Cambodia

China Sky Railway Group, a privately owned company producing trains that hang and zip along a monorail track at a speed of up to 65 kilometers per hour, will operate on a 10-km line in Cambodia next May, said its chairman on Tuesday.

The line is designed to connect the Royal Palace and Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh to support its infrastructure, tourism and public service development, as well as the upcoming 2023 Southeast Asia Games. An unmanned train can carry a maximum of 144 passengers.

Unlike monorail trains in Germany and Japan powered by cable, the train made by the company is powered by a lithium battery.