The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is preparing to call bids for two double-track railway projects worth 128 billion baht with results expected to be known by the end of this year.
SRT governor Nirut Maneephan said contractors for both rail projects will be selected through an e-bidding process with the northern rail route worth 72.9 billion baht to go first.
The 323-kilometre northern rail project runs from Den Chai in Phrae to Chiang Khong in Chiang Rai.
Construction of the Den Chai-Chiang Rai route is divided into three contracts: the 103km Den Chai-Ngao section (26.5 billion baht), the 132km Ngao-Chiang Rai section (26.9 billion baht) and the 87km section from Chiang Rai to Chiang Khong (19.4 billion baht).
Mr Nirut said the next double-track rail project to be put up for the e-bidding is the 355-km northeastern route with an estimated cost of 55.4 billion…
