The government has set up a working panel proposed by the Transport Ministry to better coordinate with transport authorities in Laos on plans to build a railway linking the two neighbours.
This is part of a high-speed railway project linking Thailand’s rail system with the Laos-China Railway, which connects Kunming in China’s Yunnan province with Vientiane, the capital of Laos.
In Thailand, the project is divided into three phases: the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima section covering 253 kilometres, the Nakhon Ratchasima-Nong Khai section (356km) and the Nong Khai-Vientiane section (16km).
At a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob proposed that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appoint Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul as the chief of the panel to liaise with the Commerce, Agriculture and Cooperatives, Industry, Finance and Transport…
