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Beslut tagna om utbyggnad till dubbelspår på 5 linjer, dessa är 132km Mab Kabao-Chira Road Station; 165km Nakhon Pathom - Nong Pla Duk - Hua Hin; 118km Lop Buri - Pak Nampho; 185km Nakhon Ratchasima - Khon Kaen; and 167km Prachuap Khiri Khan - Chumphon http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/342428/board-approves-double-track-rail
Board approves double-track rail
State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has approved the urgent implementation of projects to develop a double-track railway on five routes totalling 767km after two years of delay.
A vintage steam engine runs through the Hopewell pillars after leaving Hua Lamphong station to Ayutthaya on March 26, 2013. The special train trip was organised to commemorate 116th anniversary of the State Railway of Thailand. Photo by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill
Transport deputy permanent secretary Soithip Trisuddhi, chairman of the SRT's board of directors, said urgent project approval will allow the state-enterprise to build the tracks in parallel with the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report being reviewed.
This way the SRT can call for construction bids on routes as they are approved by the EIA without waiting for the completion of the study on all routes first.
The five routes are: 132km Mab Kabao-Chira Road Station; 165km Nakhon Pathom - Nong Pla Duk - Hua Hin; 118km Lop Buri - Pak Nampho; 185km Nakhon Ratchasima - Khon Kaen; and 167km Prachuap Khiri Khan - Chumphon.
The SRT will review all legal aspects before submitting the decision to the Transport Ministry and later to the cabinet for approval.
She said if the cabinet approves, the SRT will work on the projects' details and the EIA, but she could not be specific about a timeframe for the calling of construction tenders for the work.
The budget for the project will come from the government's two-trillion-baht loan programme, shifting it from an earlier allocated budget of 176 billion baht for infrastructure development formerly approved by cabinet for the SRT.
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