Thailand’s National Environment Commission approves Sino-Thai high speed railway project

Thailand’s National Environment Commission has approved the environmental impact assessment report for the 253 km Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima section of the Sino-Thai HSR project. Project construction is scheduled to be completed by 2021. Further, the second phase of the project will commence from the Thai-Laotian border and will eventually be connected to the Vientiane-Kunming rail link.

The estimated cost of the project is THB 179.4 billion, which includes THB 5.2 billion for design and consulting and THB 38.5 billion for trains, tracks and supporting equipment.