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The Thailand-Laos rail project is on track, with services expected to commence in mid-2023, said the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) announced that the railway service connecting Thailand’s Nong Khai province with Thanaleng station in Laos has resumed operation since September 16, in the context that the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided in both countries.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is speeding up the development of several railway stations to pave the way for logistics and investment projects involving Laos, local media reported.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has cancelled 22 trains from April 1 on the northern, southern, and northeastern lines due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Thai Government will press ahead with its 20-year housing development master plan to provide housing for low-income earners nationwide, Deputy Prime Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on October 10.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) on July 1 resumed train services to the border with neighbouring Thailand after a 45-year hiatus, according to the SRT.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) plans to spend 90 billion baht (3 million USD) to upgrade the existing single-track railways leading to the deep south to double tracks to cut down travel time for passengers and promote tourism to the region, according to local media.

Thailand’s Ministry of Transport is set to reopen services on the Aranyaprathet-Poi Pet railway connecting the rail networks of Thailand and Cambodia.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is worried that the planned Shinkansen-style Thai-Japanese high-speed railway from Bangkok to Chiang Mai province will run at a loss when it opens, citing a 66 percent drop in the predicted number of daily passengers.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has said that the Bang Sue Grand Station of Bangkok, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia, is expected to open to public in the third quarter of 2020.

The Thai Minister of Transport has confirmed that work on the Bangkok-Nong Khai high speed rail system will begin in October, once the government secures the cooperation of China in September.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on June 15 issued a decree on pushing forward the construction of a railway linking Thailand and China, according to Thailand’s Royal Gazette.