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Four cities to start building light rails
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 13/11/2017
» Light rail projects in four key cities – Phuket, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen and Nakhon Ratchasima – worth a combined 161 billion baht are scheduled to start construction next year.
Private citizens drive Khon Kaen's "smart city" programme
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/09/2017
» A "smart city" think tank formed by local entrepreneurs to drive plans for a light-rail system, aims to double per capita income in the province within 12 years.
August opening for Tao Poon 'missing link'
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/05/2017
» The Transport Ministry expects to open the rail service on the 1.2km "missing link" in August, ending a long wait for commuters forced to put up with inconvenient travel between two nearby rail lines which have a common connection.
Investigation begun into Hopewell collapse
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/03/2012
» The collapse of a 50-metre-long section of the abandoned Hopewell project has prompted and inspection of the entire system.
Plans for a commuter-friendly Bangkok
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 05/01/2012
» For starters, the Transport Minister wants commuters to be able to use a single ticket for all Bangkok mass transit services by 2015, services which will be greatly extended by 2019.
Bring out the pumps (Sunday update)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/11/2011
» Fed-up residents of Muang Ake housing estate and other heavily inundated Bangkok communities have renewed hope as a government pumping operation begins today.
A new beginning
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/01/2011
» We enter the new year with a sense of excitement and a bit of uneasiness about what it will bring. US immigrant Don Khong had the same feelings on his first day in Thailand after fleeing his native Laos.