State Railway of Thailand told to speed up handover of land for high-speed rail line

The Transport Ministry has instructed the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) to speed up the handover of land needed for the high-speed rail (HSR) project that would link three airports serving the Greater Bangkok region, so construction can begin.

Chayatham Phromsorn, permanent secretary for transport, issued the instruction on Wednesday at a meeting of the working team supervising the project.

The permanent secretary said that before construction of the high-speed rail line that will connect Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Suvarnabhumi in Samut Prakan, and U-tapao…