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Consultant firm to study SRT asset plan
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 24/04/2017
» A consultant firm has been hired to study plans for a company to manage the assets of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).
SRT union urges halt to split plan
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 02/03/2017
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) labour union has asked the agency to halt a plan to set up two subsidiaries to operate and carry out maintenance on trains as disagreement exists over whether the two proposed firms should be merged, deputy transport minister Pichit Akrathit said.
SRT in a new bid to tackle money woes
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 23/01/2017
» Debt-ridden State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will set up three subsidiary companies to tackle its financial woes by capitalising on its vast tracts of land, rerouting train routes and streamlining maintenance work.
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.
THAI chair rebuffs union's complaints
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 11/11/2016
» Thai Airways International (THAI) Charamporn Jotikasthira has defended his record following allegations of suspicious asset management from the staff union, which also accused him of failing to generate revenues.
SRT to hold talks on Red Line
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 18/08/2016
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will hold talks next week with a contractor of the Bang Sue-Rangsit Red Line rail project to decide if it should agree to extend construction by another 12 months.
Full steam ahead for rail projects
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 14/08/2016
» The Transport Ministry has given the green light to the loss-ridden rail agency to go ahead with public-private partnership investments in developing 12 prime areas for commercial purposes along six dual-track routes.
CAAT mulls revoking 4 air licences
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 23/02/2016
» Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) is considering revoking the aviation business licences of four small airlines found to have racked up exorbitant debts.
Ex-Treasury boffin eyed for BMTA
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 22/02/2016
» The Transport Ministry is expected to submit the nomination for director of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) for cabinet approval tomorrow, a ministry source said.
CAAT suspends Asian Air flights
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 09/02/2016
» The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has suspended the operations of Asian Air, a small Thai-owned, full-service airline, slightly over a week after it banned a company plane from leaving Thailand.