Illustrative image (Source: bangkokpost.com) Thailand iscurrently building the railway stations - Udon Thani, Nong Takai, Natha andNong Khai - in the northeastern region bordering Laos, namely stations.
Rail lines connect with the Udon Thani industrial estate and developmentprojects at Nong Khai and a container yard at Natha station, the Bangkok Postnewspaper quoted Chairman of the board of State Railway of Thailand JirutWisanjit, who inspected the construction of the four railway stations on May30, as saying.
The same day, Jiruttook part in a seminar focusing on the 3.7km railway extension from Nong Takaistation to the industrial estate which will be used as a logistics centre topromote economic growth, including tourism, in the area.
Among the manyproducts transported by rail in the area include malt, asphalt, plasticgranules, consumer products and fruit.
According to Jirut, the development projects at Nong Khai and Natha stations will promoteThailand as a logistics centre in the Mekong subregion and cross-borderlogistics between Thailand and Laos. More than 46,000 square metres of NongKhai station have been allocated as a customs discharge area. The rest of theland will be reserved for both investment purposes and as a central area. Thedevelopment of Natha station's depot will result in it connecting with ahighway and a truck terminal.
Meanwhile, the state-operated Transport Co Ltd said Thailand will have busesrunning on 10 routes to destinations in Laos from June 15.
According to Sanyalux Panwattanalikit, Transport Co president, the first routeconnecting Thailand’s Mukdahan with Savannakhet in Laos opened on May 9.
The nineother bus routes to Laos are Nong Khai-Vientiane, UdonThani-Vientiane, Ubon Ratchathani-Pakse, Khon Kaen-Vientiane,Bangkok-Vientiane, Nakhon Phanom-Thakhek, Udon Thani-Udon Thani InternationalAirport-Nong Kha-Vang Vieng, Chiang Rai-Bokeo and Loei-Luang Prabang./.
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