Asia

Standard gauge line construction to start ‘in September’

By 2015-01-19T10:38:00

With the exception of the airport rail link to Suvarnabhumi in Bangkok, Thailand’s existing network is metre gauge. Some early lines were built to 1 435 mm gauge and converted to 1 000 mm in the 1920s.

THAILAND: A series of meetings between Thai and Chinese government officials on January 20-21 is expected to pave the way for construction of Thailand’s planned 1 435 mm gauge main lines to begin by September.

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