The government has unveiled a six-year economic development blueprint for the three insurgency hit southern provinces that includes linking the region’s logistics systems with Malaysia and Singapore. Government spokesman Maj Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the blueprint
The State Railway of Thailand will release the bidding terms for construction of its planned 16.5-billion-baht double-track railway from Prachuap Khiri Khan to Chumphon province by the end of this month. SRT governor Wuthichart Kalyanamitra said
The State Railway of Thailand has approved high-speed trains from Bangkok to Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan and to Rayong, costing altogether 247 billion baht. Construction is expected to start next year. SRT chairman Sarawut
Japan’s foreign minister announced a multibillion-dollar initiative yesterday to promote development in Southeast Asia’s Mekong region, which encompasses parts of Vietnam, Laos and Thailand through which the river flows. In a speech at Chulalongkorn University in
The Ministry of Transport is considering invoking Section 44 to fast-track land expropriation for the joint Thai-Japanese double-track railway. Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said the Council of State, the government’s legal arm, was reviewing an amendment to
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) on Wednesday signed a 32.39 billion baht contract with a Japanese consortium to construct the electrical and mechanical systems of the planned Red Line commuter rail system. The MHSC Consortium
Thailand and China on Saturday officially launched their joint railway project even though construction will not start until May next year at the earliest. The launch ceremony was a face-saving gesture intended to live up to
Construction of two medium-speed railway routes under a Thai-Chinese agreement faces yet another delay, less than a month after the two countries pledged to speed up the project. The delay emerged from the latest round of
BEIJING – China and Thailand agreed to speed up cooperation on a joint railway project, in an effort to ensure an early start within the year. The railway project is a “priority and highlight” of China-Thailand
A cooperative rail project between China and Thailand has finally been tentatively agreed to after six rounds of negotiations. Agreement on Chinese rail project in Thailand worth $23bn has been reached but is already off to
