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Makkasan land plans trigger rally
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/07/2019
» Civic networks are set to rally in front of Government House on Thursday to demand the administration spare the State Railway of Thailand's (SRT) 497 rai of land in the Makkasan area from being included in its high-speed rail project linking three major airports.
Train reaction: Fighting to save old stations
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/06/2017
» Parinya Chukaew is using social media to take on the establishment in hope of saving up to half of the nation's 400 ageing railway stations. They are slated to be razed but he argues they must be conserved as part of Thailand's cultural and architectural heritage.
Time running out for 16 heritage stations
News, Published on 28/03/2017
» The Fine Arts Department should step in and safeguard 16 old but picturesque railway stations on the Nakhon Ratchasima to Khon Kaen route that are set to be bulldozed this month as part of the government's double-track development project, according to a leading local conservationist.
SRT under pressure to preserve old train stations
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 25/03/2017
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) should make conserving old railway stations a pre-condition when handing out new contracts for double-track railway projects, academic and conservationist Parinya Chukaew said yesterday.