The train will be delivered to the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) in September. The project was developed by the programme management unit for competitiveness (PUMC) and the Office of National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council, according to Associate Professor Weerasak Udomkitdecha who chairs the programme’s future transportation, robotics and automation subcommittee.
Researchers from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology LadKrabang collaborated with Sinogen-Pinpetch Joint Venture and the SRT with funding from PMUC. The project focused on the integration of basic technologies available in Thailand to align with the “Thai First” policy of the Ministry of Transport and the government’s effort to promote domestically produced goods, especially in railway projects.
In the future, train purchases are expected to require at least 40% local content….
