The Royal Danish embassy released the latest photo album, as part of 400 years relations with Thailand celebration on 5 March 2021, a day after H.M. King Vajiraklaochaoyuhua’s Coronation day celebration on 4 May. The memo reads,
It was on this exact day in 1887, that King Chulalongkorn from his own hand gave the Dane Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu the concession to establish and run the first ever tramway line in Bangkok.
This is one of the earliest examples of close infrastructure collaboration between Denmark and Thailand.
For the 50-year deal to operate the tram service on seven routes, a limited company was established, in which The King bought shares and for a period of time he held 50%. Richelieu himself also held substantial portions of the shares.
Richelieu functioned as the Chairman of the Board. He…
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