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Rail progress tracks full steam ahead
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 02/12/2018
» Walking into a colossal, ultra-modern high-speed railway station in Shanghai can be an eye-opening experience, especially for Thais.
Cranking up the train plan
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 29/07/2018
» Hopes of an electric train line being built in Chiang Mai have been revived in the wake of several let-downs that have left many city residents disillusioned.
Thanathorn sets eye on premier's job
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 28/05/2018
» Newly selected Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has confirmed he is aiming for the post of prime minister in the upcoming general election.
Bang Sue megastation project reaches halfway mark
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 27/05/2018
» Construction for the Bang Sue Central Station, set to replace Hua Lamphong as the capital's main rail transport hub, is now almost 50% complete, SRT Red electric train line project director Kumpol Boonchom says.
Chula falls to 126th in Times uni ranking
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 10/05/2018
» Ten Thai universities are on the Times Higher Education's Emerging Economies University Rankings this year, up from nine in 2017.
Khon Kaen in talks over light rail project
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 03/05/2018
» Local authorities and the private sector in Khon Kaen want construction of its first light rail transit system to begin by the end of the year, said Suradech Taweesaengsakulthai, associate dean of the college of local administration, Khon Kaen University.
Rail service on track to crisis
Spectrum, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 29/04/2018
» 'The government can build all the new railways it wants, but the wheels on the trains will never turn if there are no drivers to operate them," warns Yai, a State Railway of Thailand (SRT) train driver on the verge of retirement.
New key party opposes outsider PM
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 16/03/2018
» The first official policy of a progressive party launched by Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the scion of Thailand's biggest auto parts group, is that it will oppose an "outsider prime minister" in the coming election, it said.
Japan rejects calls to invest in bullet train
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 08/02/2018
» Thailand wants Japan to invest in the Shinkansen-like high-speed railway from Bangkok to Chiang Mai but Japan insists only on offering loans for the project.
High-speed train may get slower
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 28/01/2018
» The Transport Ministry says Thailand has not decided whether to lower the maximum speed of the 670km Thai-Japanese high-speed train route stretching from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.