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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 wants state to assume debt
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 29/07/2014
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) wants to shoulder only about a fifth of its 109-billion-baht debt with the rest to be borne by the government.
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.
Transport plan costs surge to B3 trillion
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 13/06/2014
» A transport strategy committee has approved a 3-trillion-baht infrastructure development plan, adding more than a trillion baht to the infrastructure spending projects planned by the previous government.