China to study rail link for provinces of Panama and Chiriqui

On the heels of the news that  Air China will be initiating two flights a week to Panama in March 2018, President Juan Carlos Varela announced that  an agreement  has been signed for China to carry out the pre-feasibility study of a  rail system  that would include a passenger and cargo train linking the provinces  of Panama and Chiriqui.

The president and his 60-plus delegation  of politicians  and businessmen traveled on Monday from Beijing city to Shanghai on a high-speed train.

Source: Newsroom Panama