An excavator bores through the rock face to make tunnels for a new double-track railway which will connect Den Chai district in Phrae province with Chiang Khong district of Chiang Rai. (Photo: The State Railway of Thailand)
The State Railway of Thailand has started excavating the 6.2-kilometre tunnel which will connect Den Chai in Phrae with Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong district, which lies on the banks of the Mekong River.
The project is part of the 323.10km-long upgrades which will see another track laid out next to the existing rail track between Den Chai and Chiang Khong, said SRT’s public relations chief, Ekkarat Sriarayanpong.
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