Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2016 10:25:31 GMT 7
BANGKOK – Japanese transport minister Keiichi Ishii and his Thai counterpart, Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, signed a memorandum on cooperation on Saturday for a high-speed rail project in Thailand for which Japan’s Shinkansen system will be adopted.
The two countries will start work on creating a basic plan next year after the Japan International Cooperation Agency releases a final report on the results of its feasibility study, which is expected to be finished in about six months.
The planned 670-kilometer-long railway will connect the Thai capital of Bangkok and the northern city of Chiang Mai. The memorandum says the 380-km-long section between Bangkok and Phitsanulok should be built first because demand is expected to be relatively strong.
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/06/national/japan-thailand-sign-memo-on-shinkansen-project/#.V6ap4ugrLIU
The two countries will start work on creating a basic plan next year after the Japan International Cooperation Agency releases a final report on the results of its feasibility study, which is expected to be finished in about six months.
The planned 670-kilometer-long railway will connect the Thai capital of Bangkok and the northern city of Chiang Mai. The memorandum says the 380-km-long section between Bangkok and Phitsanulok should be built first because demand is expected to be relatively strong.
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/06/national/japan-thailand-sign-memo-on-shinkansen-project/#.V6ap4ugrLIU
