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Democrat: Dual-track train pricey
Online Reporters, Published on 30/07/2014
» A former Democrat Party MP has urged the Transport Ministry to “re-calculate” the cost of building two new dual-track train lines to the Northeast, saying the 741.4 billion baht price tag was too high.
Dems back NCPO on dual-track rail plan
News, Published on 10/06/2014
» The Democrat Party is backing the National Council for Peace and Order's (NCPO) plan to move ahead with the dual-track railway development project, saying the scheme is cost effective and in the public interest.
Chadchart to be invited for B2tn project talks
Online Reporters, Published on 02/06/2014
» The junta has invited former Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt for a discussion on the 2-trillion-baht infrastructure project that the last government tried to implement.
New stations for high-speed rail
Post Reporters, Published on 19/12/2013
» New stations will be built for the 209-kilometre, high-speed railway project from Bangkok to Hua Hin district of Prachuap Khiri Khan province, says the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP).
Li agrees to boost rice, rubber imports
Pradit Ruangdit, Published on 14/10/2013
» China has agreed to increase its annual purchase of Thai rice to 1 million tonnes and to also buy 200,000 tonnes of rubber a year from the country, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Sunday.
Li eyes infrastructure ties in historic House address
News, Published on 12/10/2013
» Chinese Premier Li Keqiang yesterday used the first-ever parliamentary address by a foreign leader to push for greater Chinese involvement in transport infrastructure projects here.
Dems say trains to run at loss for 223 years
News, Published on 21/09/2013
» The Democrat Party yesterday blasted the government's high-speed railway project, saying it could take hundreds of years to recoup the outlay.
Opposition to seek charter court ruling
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 15/09/2013
» The opposition Democrat Party will ask the Constitution Court to rule on the legality of the 2.2-trillion-baht borrowing bill as soon as it has passed its third and final reading in the House.
SRT hires firm to vet high-speed link
Published on 03/07/2013
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has hired a consultancy firm to conduct a feasibility study into a high-speed rail link between Bangkok and Rayong.
Japan eyes high-speed rail bid
Post Reporters, Published on 24/05/2013
» Japanese investors are keen to invest in Thailand's high-speed train project, a flagship scheme of the Yingluck Shinawatra government, the prime minister's secretary-general Suranand Vejjajiva says.