The cabinet has ordered the State Railway of Thailand to quickly design and build a second bridge from Nong Khai province to Laos, to connect to the new China-Laos railway.
Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said a meeting of the government’s committee on the Thai-Lao-Chinese railway, which he chaired on Thursday, ordered the SRT to quickly make the new bridge a reality.
It would cross the Mekong River from Nong Khai to Laos and facilitate cargo transport through the three countries on the transnational railway. The committee gave the green light for the SRT to request a budget for the project.
Mr Anutin said representatives of many state organisations including the Finance Ministry and the National Economic and Social Development Board attended the meeting at Government House.
The deputy prime minister said the Chinese-Lao railway started operating on Dec…
