France has confirmed its intention to join Italian-Thai Development Plc in bidding for concessions to develop three new electric rail routes in Thailand, announced the Transport Ministry.
France is interested in partnering with Italian-Thai to develop the Orange Line (Cultural Centre-Min Buri), the Yellow Line (Lat Phrao-Samrong) and a light-rail project in Phuket.
The announcement was made after a meeting of Peerapol Thawornsuphacharoen, a deputy permanent secretary for transport, with Francois Petit, an economic counsellor at the French embassy, and Jean-Francois Goumy, a French business director and trade commissioner.
The government is expected to tender bids for these electric rail projects this month and the results should be made final by early next year before the contracts are signed around April.
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