Category: Construction News

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport has soft opening of new SAT-1 terminal to handle passenger capacity of 60 million per year The new terminal will bring Suvarnabhumi Airport’s annual passenger handling capacity to 60 million from 45 million currently. Suvarnabhumi Airport has scheduled to soft open the first Midfield Satellite Building, known as SAT-1, on 28 September […]

Thailand’s State Railway seeks 50 billion baht for Khon Kaen to Nong Khai double-track railway and expansion of Red Line electric train routes Thailand’s State Railway (SRT) is planning to request Cabinet approval for a funding amount exceeding 50 billion baht. This hefty sum is aimed at financing the construction of a double-track railway stretch […]

Video of new shuttle train (Automated People Mover) journey at Suvarnabhumi Airport’s new SAT-1 Terminal Video of the full journey in the new shuttle train (Automated People Mover) at Suvarnabhumi Airport. It goes between Main Terminal Building Station and SAT-1 Station. There are six two-car units running on four parallel tracks. Each APM can transport […]

Thailand’s Land bridge megaproject to connect the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand still on the burner Bangkok Post Special report: Transport minister denies halting one-trillion-baht ‘connectivity’ project in the south Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit has denied putting the brakes on the southern land bridge megaproject worth an estimated 1 trillion baht, though he […]

‘Listen to the people’ – Thai PM’s push for water mega-projects triggers flood of concern Concerned Thais and environmentalists have expressed alarm at Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s support for a 2.2-trillion-baht water management project on the Mekong, Chi and Mun rivers. “I hope the prime minister will not rush to give the project a green […]