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20 contract signings in pipeline
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 02/02/2016
» Contracts for 20 megaprojects in the Transport Ministry's infrastructure development plan are likely to be signed before the current fiscal year ends, a senior transport official says.
Somkid shelves rail project with China
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 02/12/2015
» The signing of a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) between Thailand and China on a new railway development project planned for tomorrow has been shelved after China failed to honour an associated agreement on rubber that was in the same package.
Staff supply crisis imperils hub status
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 12/05/2015
» Thailand's ambition to be the region's leading aviation hub is under threat due to a shortage of specialists, said Wattana Manont, deputy chief of the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA).
AoT sees sunnier days for gloomy Thai tourism industry
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 23/10/2014
» Airports of Thailand Plc is predicting sunnier days for Thailand’s tourism industry, forecasting an 11% increase in inbound air passengers this high season.
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.
High-speed trains given stay of execution
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 15/06/2014
» The junta will defer deciding on the fate of the previous government's high-speed rail project until a viability study on the controversial scheme is completed in three months.
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.
Junta to set fate of transport upgrades
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 29/05/2014
» All transport projects under the stalled 2-trillion-baht borrowing bill will be reviewed as part of National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) efforts to draw up an infrastructure development master plan.
School bus tragedy kills 15, injures 45
News, Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 28/02/2014
» Authorities have blamed poor highway conditions and driver error for the death of 15 people — including 12 children — in a road accident in Na Di district of Prachin Buri province early yesterday morning. Another 45 people were injured in the crash.
Two sites slated for high-speed trains
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 07/08/2013
» The Transport Ministry is considering two plots of land owned by the Treasury Department in Nakhon Ratchasima and Nakhon Sawan provinces for development as high-speed train stations and new towns.