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Dual-track railway study gets go ahead
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 28/08/2014
» The Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) will launch a feasibility study into two dual-track railway projects in October.
Panel promotes huge transit overhaul plan
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 08/08/2014
» The Transport Ministry has outlined plans to carry out its fundamental infrastructure development project to link land, rail, water and air transport networks within five special economic zones.
Transport plan takes lead from Pheu Thai
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 04/08/2014
» The military's eight-year strategy for overhauling transport services is almost identical to the previous government's two-trillion-baht infrastructure development proposals, observers say.
Nation on track for faster rail
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 31/07/2014
» The Transport Ministry will switch the country’s rail transport to wider tracks of 1.435 metres after finishing construction of the recently approved six dual-track routes which will be its last project using one-metre wide tracks.
High-speed train gets go ahead
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 30/07/2014
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has approved two high-speed train projects at a total cost of 741.4 billion baht. The two routes approved are intended to serve as a transport link between Thailand and southern China.
SRT seeks help to repay debt
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 26/07/2014
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) plans to ask the Finance Ministry to help shoulder more than half of its 100-billion-baht debt, its board chairman Omsin Chiwaphruek said yesterday.
Mega-spend awaits NCPO nod
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 25/07/2014
» The Transport Ministry is poised to move ahead with six projects worth almost 72 billion baht including dual-track railways that have received environmental impact assessment (EIA) approval from the National Environment Board.
Bidding nears for new bus terminal land site
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 22/07/2014
» Private firms will be invited to place bids, expected next month, for a new plot of land to house the inter-provincial bus terminal that will replace Mor Chit 2 station, Transport Co president Wuthichart Kalyanamitra said Monday.
Dept pushes for B84bn Isan motorway
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 30/06/2014
» The Department of Highways will push for a project to construct the Bang Pa-in-Nakhon Ratchasima motorway to be included in the eight-year strategic infrastructure development plans initiated by the junta, a department source said.
B110bn transport splurge gets the nod
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 24/06/2014
» The Transport Ministry will fund dual-track railways, several Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) lines, a deep-sea port in Chumphon and the Pattaya-Map Ta Phut motorway under its 2015 budget.