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SRT’s project ‘on track’

Den Chai-Chiang Khong railway in the North to be running by 2028

SRT governor Nirut Maneephan leads a tour of the inside of a new 2.7km railway tunnel called Mae Ka Tunnel. (Photos: SRT)

The State Railway of Thailand is confident the 323.1-kilometre Den Chai-Chiang Rai-Chiang Khong double-track railway project will come into operation in 2028 as planned, with construction making good progress.

Approved by the cabinet on July 31, 2018, work started on Feb 15, 2022, and is about 3% done, slightly ahead of schedule, while the expropriation of land needed for the project is…

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