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No new trains for Airport Rail Link
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/01/2018
» Deputy Transport Minister Pailin Chuchottaworn has backtracked on a plan to buy seven new Airport Rail Link trains, reasoning the purchase should be delayed until a contract is signed for a mega project to link three major airports.
Freight terminals set for 4 more provinces
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 20/01/2018
» The Transport Ministry plans to launch cross-docking centres in four more border provinces this year after workers broke ground at the first station in Chiang Rai's Chiang Khong district Friday.
Ministry to forward plans for 2 Red Line extensions
News, Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 19/01/2018
» The Transport Ministry will propose two Red Line electric railway extensions worth around 26.5 billion baht to the cabinet to stage bidding by this September.
Asia named as growth catalyst
Business, Published on 15/01/2018
» Asia-Pacific will drive demand for air travel over the next two decades, according to the 2018 Air Travel Outlook report produced by Expedia in collaboration with the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC).
Govt aims for 5 million Bangkok train commuters daily
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 12/01/2018
» More than five million city folk will use electric train lines daily once the capital's planned routes are completed in five years' time, says Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.
Myanmar ferry accident kills at least 20
Published on 08/04/2017
» YANGON: At least 20 people died and more than a dozen are missing after a ferry boat capsized in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, police said on Saturday.
Myanmar, Japan-linked consortium reach accord on airport plan
Kyodo News, Published on 31/01/2016
» YANGON - The Myanmar government and a consortium that includes Japanese plant builder JGC Corp. reached a broad agreement Saturday over a plan to construct a new airport on the outskirts of Yangon.
Japan transport minister to visit Thai rail projects Tuesday
Kyodo News, Published on 28/12/2015
» Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister, Keiichi Ishii, will visit Japanese rail projects in Thailand while en route from Laos to Japan on Tuesday, a Thai official told Kyodo News.
China to help build high-speed train in Iran
Kyodo News, Published on 24/01/2016
» Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Saturday with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani to help construct Iran's high-speed train system as part of China's "One Belt and One Road" initiative to build a modern "Silk Road."
Somkid urges Japan to invest in East-West rail
Published on 23/09/2015
» Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has urged Japan to invest in railways connecting Thailand's eastern and western areas.