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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 okays cargo truck border deal
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 30/03/2017
» The cabinet approved the Greater Mekong Sub-region Cross-Border Transport Agreement (GMS CBTA) on Tuesday, which grants all members a quota of 500 cargo trucks to cross a border to another country.
New setback looms for Thai-Sino rail project
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 27/03/2017
» The multi-billion-baht Thai-Chinese rail development scheme is poised to suffer another setback if China fails to submit the project's design document needed to estimate the rail's costs by the end of this month, according to a transport source.
Govt seeks royal decree to support EEC
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 27/02/2017
» The Transport Ministry is seeking to issue a royal decree to put foreign investors on a fast track to become major shareholders in aviation-related businesses, a core part of the state's ambitious plan to establish the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
SRT urged to speed up plans for reform
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 29/12/2016
» Deputy Transport Minister Pichit Akarathit yesterday called on the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to accelerate reform plans and look to quadruple its revenue to at least 10 billion baht a year.
Transport Co plans new van station
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 30/11/2016
» Transport Co, the state-run inter-provincial bus operator, has set aside 145 million baht to build a station to cope with rising passenger numbers of inter-provincial vans after their relocation to the Mor Chit 2 bus terminal.
Pink, Yellow lines get priority listing
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 10/11/2016
» Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak is pushing to make sure the Pink and Yellow electric rail routes are the first two projects up and running under the government's public-private partnership (PPP) scheme to boost the country's economy.
Traffic at container depot drives costs
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 29/10/2016
» Land freight operators have urged the Transport Ministry to tackle traffic congestion at the Lat Krabang inland container depot (ICD), which they say has added to the cost of transport.
Prayut gives nod for two rail projects
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 03/09/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has approved in principle to proceed with two high-speed rail projects -- Bangkok-Rayong, and Bangkok-Hua Hin -- under the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme.
AoT commits to expanding Suvarnabhumi
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 27/08/2016
» Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) has signed three contracts worth 14.9 billion baht to expand Suvarnabhumi airport as the government gears up efforts to turn Thailand into the region's aviation hub.