While trains may soon run internationally between Cambodia and Thailand, the much-delayed overhaul of Cambodia’s railway network remains unfinished, as Michael Rose reports.
MASS Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has signed six contracts with a total value of Baht 79.2bn ($US 2.3bn) for the construction of the metro Orange Line.
MASS Rapid Transit of Thailand (MRTA) has confirmed that two consortiums have submitted bids for the public-private partnership (PPP) contracts for Bangkok’s Pink and Yellow line projects, both of which will be developed as monorails.
JAPAN International Cooperation Agency (Jica) signed an agreement with the government of Thailand on September 30 for the loan of up to Yen 166.9bn ($US 1.6bn) for the construction of the metre-gauge Red Line in Bangkok.
STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) launched its first new passenger vehicles for more than 20 years on August 29, when a rake of inter-city coaches supplied by CRRC Corporation, China, made an inaugural run from Bangkok Hua Lamphong to Nakhon Pathom.
PRINCESS Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand opened Bangkok’s Mass Rapid Transit Purple Line on August 6 with an inaugural trip on the 23.5km line from Tao Poon to Khlong Bang Phai station in the district of Bang Yai, where the opening ceremony took place.
THE Thai cabinet announced on July 26 it has approved the construction of extensions worth Baht 44.2bn ($US 1.3bn) to the metre-gauge Red Line surburban rail network in Bangkok.
STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) says it expects to take delivery of an initial batch of 13 metre-gauge inter-city coaches from CRRC Corporation, China, within the next few weeks.
STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) has awarded a consortium of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Hitachi and Sumitomo a Baht 32.4bn ($US 920m) turnkey contract to design, supply and install electrical and mechanical (E&M) systems for Bangkok's commuter rail Red Line.
THE Thai government is to finance construction of the Bangkok - Nakhon Ratchasima - Nhong Khai standard-gauge line independently after failing to agree terms with China on the creation of a Sino-Thai joint venture to take the project forward.
