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Thailand expects high-speed rail link to China to operate from 2030

February 26, 2025 2 Min Read
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BANGKOK: Thailand expects its 609-km portion of a high-speed railway that can join it with China by means of Laos to start operations in 2030, its authorities stated on Wednesday, practically a decade later than initially deliberate.

Greater than a 3rd of building has been accomplished within the section connecting the capital Bangkok to town of Nakhon Ratchasima, about 220 km away and the entire line to Nong Khai on the border with Laos can be prepared by 2030, stated Thai authorities spokesperson Jirayu Houngsub. A $6 billion, 1000 km rail line from the Laotian capital Vientiane to the southwestern Chinese language metropolis of Kunming started service in 2021, a enterprise 70% owned by Beijing. That line will join with Thailand’s Nong Khai through Vientiane, about 25 km away.

“This is a chance for Thailand to connect with the worldwide economic system,” Jirayu stated, including it might convey Thailand nearer to its objective of changing into a logistics hub. The announcement comes a yr after China urged Thailand to progress sooner on the rail hyperlink. Discussions on the rail line began practically 20 years in the past and Thailand and China signed agreements on its building in 2017 with plans to start operations in 2021. However building met delays over disagreements on financing and design, and disruption from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The plan is a part of Chinese language President Xi Jinping’s formidable Belt and Highway commerce and infrastructure initiative, which incorporates plans for 3 routes originating in Kunming that cross by means of Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Vietnam plans to construct a 1,541 km high-speed rail line linking its two largest cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, at a value of greater than $67 billion, concentrating on the beginning of operations in 2035. It additionally plans a $7.2 billion railway from its border with China’s Yunnan province to Hanoi, the port metropolis of Haiphong and Ha Lengthy Metropolis.

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