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Thailand’s Hopewell Project saga bombshell – Constitutional Court reverses 2002 ruling The government is expected to refuse to compensate Hopewell (Thailand) over the cancellation of a large-scale transport project about two decades ago. Its latest stance follows a Constitutional Court ruling on Wednesday that said a Supreme Administrative Court verdict nearly 19 years ago was […]

Thailand’s Energy Regulatory Commission sets new deadline for power purchase agreement bid winners The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has set next Monday as the deadline for 14 winners in the auction of the 2017 Small Power Producer Hybrid Firm, a renewable power scheme, following failure to sign power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the Electricity Generating […]

Thailand mulls southern land bridge project – Route would bypass Malacca Strait traffic The location of the government’s land bridge project in the South — touted as a more convenient way to transport goods from the Middle East to the Pacific region — will be decided by June, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said on Monday. […]

Thai & Chinese governments to sign four construction contracts this month for high-speed train from Bangkok to Nong Khai Daily News reported that the State Railways of Thailand said that the Thai and Chinese governments would be signing four contracts related to the building of the high speed train from the Thai capital Bangkok to […]

Test run of Bangkok’s Red Line rail service postponed for 4 months to July 2021 Train services from Hua Lamphong station to be cut The test run for Bangkok’s Red Line will be postponed from March 26 to July 28. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu) The test run of Bangkok’s Red Line rail service has been […]

Ambitious project will upgrade Khon Kaen, Ayutthaya and Pattaya train stations Khon Kaen, Ayutthaya and Pattaya train stations are set to be developed with a budget of 64 billion baht. Director-General of the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP), Punya Chupanit, said staff were in the process of preparing the Transit Oriented […]