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Somkid to sign rail deal with Japan
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 01/06/2017
» Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak will next week sign a rail development agreement with Japan, stepping up cooperation in eight megaprojects, including the Bangkok-Chiang Mai high-speed railway line.
Govt firm to buy mini-buses, replace vans
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 19/01/2017
» Transport Co will become the first operator to replace passenger vans with mini-buses by buying more than 50 new vehicles to serve people travelling between Bangkok and four tourist provinces.
Tokyo eyes inland container depots for joint rail routes
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 10/08/2016
» The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has proposed that Thailand build inland container depots (ICD) along Thai-Japanese rail routes to link northern and western transport networks with an eastern sea port.
Thailand plumps for Japanese bullet train model
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 07/08/2016
» Japan has agreed to use the Shinkansen bullet train as the model for a high-speed rail network in Thailand, according to Transport Minister Arkom Termpittayapaisith.
Curbs on Mekong traffic ease
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 15/07/2016
» Six Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries have agreed to allow commercial trucks and tourist buses to travel more freely from country to country starting Dec 1, following lengthy talks.
Japan eyes east-west link
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 26/06/2016
» Japan has said it is interested in studying the feasibility of a Mae Sot-Mukdahan railway line to develop northern transport links, following an earlier Thai request to South Korea to see whether the project is practical.
Ministry to bolster freight in Greater Mekong area
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 07/03/2016
» Goods transport efficiency in the Greater Mekong Subregion will be boosted with faster logistics management and more routes between the six GMS countries.
Somkid shelves rail project with China
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 02/12/2015
» The signing of a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) between Thailand and China on a new railway development project planned for tomorrow has been shelved after China failed to honour an associated agreement on rubber that was in the same package.
Bangkok, Tokyo to sign MoU on joint railway deal
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 17/11/2015
» Thailand and Japan will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) next week on the joint double-track railway development.
Checkpoints meet surge in Cambodia border trade
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 06/09/2015
» Two additional customs checkpoints are to be built in Sa Kaeo’s Aranyaprathet district to accommodate a surge in border trade with Cambodia.