Bangkok‘s Suvarnabhumi Airport extension ratified B62bn to avoid overcrowding woes The cabinet yesterday approved the long-delayed expansion of Suvarnabhumi Airport, estimated to cost 62 billion baht. But the expansion, which will lift the passenger handling capacity of Bangkok‘s prime airport to 60 million a year, will not be completed until at least 2015, years after […]
Continue ReadingMalaysian firm to build dam in Laos on Mekong River tributary A Malaysian firm has been granted permission to build a 130-megawatt dam in north-western Laos on a tributary of the Mekong River, state media reports said Monday. Malaysia‘s Asia Pacific Business Lin Snd Bhd Co Ltd (AP Bizlink) last week signed an agreement with […]
Continue ReadingBt63 billion expansion of Suvarnabhumi Airport approved: Sophon The Cabinet has given its green light for the Bt63 billion expansion plan for Suvarnabhumi Airport, Transport Minister Sophon Saram said on Tuesday. The expansion is under a phase II development plan of the airport with tie-over budget spreaded from next fiscal year to 2016, Sopon said. […]
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SRT rolls out Airport Rail Link The 28km Airport Rail Link begins full commercial operations today to reduce travel time between the inner city and Suvarnabhumi airport in Samut Prakan. The rail link will charge promotional fares until the end of the year on its city and express lines. It expects to serve up to […]
Continue ReadingTHAILAND – RAILWAYS SRT: Airport Link ready for business The Airport Link connecting Bangkok and Suvarnabhumi airport is 100 per cent ready for the first day of commercial services tomorrow, State Railway of Thailand governor Yuthana Thapcharoen said on Sunday. “The stations, the rails and the overall train system are ready for service. The Airport […]
Continue ReadingDusit Hotel Group Adding Phuket and Samui Properties As reported in The Nation Newspaper a representative of leading Thailand chain Dusit Thani has said the group is in expansion mode in Phuket and Koh Samui. According to the story a core Dusit branded hotel on a conversion basis in Samui will be announced soon. While […]
Continue ReadingRedesign may delay Dark Green Line project, add cost The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) will adjust the design blueprint of the Dark Green Line from Mo Chit to Saphan Mai in a bid to solve a land expropriation problem. The project has been held up as the MRTA could not expropriate a […]
Continue ReadingThai PM to visit China in September Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will visit China on September 4 to finalise details of the Thai-Chinese joint venture to invest in a high-speed train project in Thailand, said Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij. The joint venture’s shareholders will be state enterprises of these countries, including the State Railway of […]
Continue ReadingEleven firms in fray for Red-Line work Eleven leading construction companies picked up bidding documents for the first and second contracts involving civil work on the Red Line’s Bang Sue-Rangsit section worth a combined Bt45 billion. The sale of the documents closed on Tuesday after starting on August 2. Yuthana Thapcharoen, governor of the State […]
Continue Reading‘Bold plan’ for Mekong area rail link approved A “bold” plan for a railway system connecting more than 300 million people who live around one of the world’s great rivers, the Mekong, was approved Friday, officials said. Ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam adopted the plan which they called “a significant first […]
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