Thailand is talking to Japan with a view to building three rail routes in the Southeast Asian country, as the government plans to modernise its aging rail network.
Thailand wants three new lines connecting the capital, Bangkok, with cities in the east, west, north and northeast and Japan had expressed interest in undertaking the work, said Thai Transport Minister Air Chief Marshal Prajin Junthong.
His announcement comes a day after Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding with China to construct two separate lines of 867 km, starting in 2016.
Thailand has proposed Japan builds two separate east-west lines, one from Mae Sot at the Myanmar border to Mukdahan near the border with Laos and another connecting Kanchanaburi with the industrialised province of Rayong. A third route would run from Bangkok to the northern city of Chiang Mai, Prajin said.
The three routes combined would cover roughly 1 500 km, according to Reuters calculations.
Source: www.fin24.com
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