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Bangkok to Beijing train trial run starts
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/06/2024
» Train travel between Bangkok and Beijing is inching closer as Thailand prepares to expand its rail network.
Pics of 'rubbish' railway go viral
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/08/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) have sent a team to clear rubbish along rail tracks near Phaya Thai after a Japanese netizen posted pictures of a Kiha-183 train, donated by Japan to serve tourists, passing through an apparent dump site in the area.
Phase 1 of high-speed rail ready ‘by 2026’
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/06/2023
» The first phase of a high-speed railway that will eventually link the Chinese city of Kunming with Bangkok will be completed in 2026, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
Bangkok-Chiang Mai rail project ready to begin
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/03/2023
» Thailand and Japan are preparing to begin the first-phase construction of a high-speed rail project linking Bangkok with Chiang Mai.
Chinese influx unlikely this month
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/01/2023
» An influx of Chinese tourists is unlikely during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, according to the Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta).
High-speed rail needs B300bn more
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/12/2022
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) plans to invest another 300 billion baht for the second phase of the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project.
Airport 2nd terminal plan on hold
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/06/2019
» The Transport Ministry has stalled Airports of Thailand Plc's (AoT) plan to build Suvarnabhumi airport's 42-billion-baht second terminal, saying the scheme fails to take into consideration all related infrastructure projects.
SRT declares war on budget airlines
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/06/2019
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) wants to win back customers from low-cost airlines with electric, air-conditioned trains, the state enterprise said on Wednesday.
Bang Sue mega-station to open by January 2021
Gary Boyle, Published on 23/11/2018
» Bang Sue Central Station, which is set to replace Hua Lamphong as the capital's main rail transport hub, will be operational by January 2021, the State Railway of Thailand's (SRT) acting governor Worawut Mala says.
Grenade-shaped belt buckle halts Spanish trains
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/11/2018
» MADRID: A hand grenade-shaped belt buckle in the suitcase of a train passenger triggered major disruptions Wednesday on rail services in Spain's two main cities, prompting station evacuations before police declared the incident a false alarm.