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Provincial rail projects receive priority

A test run is conducted on the Pink Line monorail at Min Buri station. The monorail can handle train speeds of up to 80km/h. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The government has vowed to ramp up infrastructure projects in various regions this year to drive social and economic development throughout the country.

According to government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, related agencies have been instructed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to accelerate infrastructure projects to upgrade social and economic development in the provinces, increase the country’s logistics competitiveness, and raise local people’s income.

A total of 81.5 kilometres of rail infrastructure projects in six provinces are expected to get off the ground within the next few years, including light rail development in Khon Kaen,…

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