Engineers from the Chinese company CRDC have presented the preliminary results of the feasibility study for the construction of a Panama-Chiriqui high speed rail link said President, Juan Carlos Varela on Friday, March 1.

"The final results of will soon be delivered by the Government of the People's Republic of China," the president said. The study has been done with non-reimbursable cooperation funds from China, at the request of the government of Panama.

"Regarding the proposal of the Government of Panama to build a railway, the Chinese side considered that in the case of a large infrastructural issue, a serious feasibility study had to be carried out beforehand," said  Chinese ambassador to Panama Wei Qiang in November.

He said that the decision to build or not the railroad will depend on the Government of Panama.

The agreement signed between the two countries would be for the possible construction of a transport and cargo train with a speed of 160 kilometers per hour. It would take two hours and 30 minutes to get to David and an hour and 30 minutes to Santiago, in Veraguas province.