Thailand’s First Bullet Train to Include Laos as Destination
Thailand is preparing to launch the country’s first bullet train that will run between Bangkok and Beijing, China, with Laos as one of the intermediate stations.The “Trans-ASEAN Line” will cover 3,193 kilometers at the cost of about THB 2.07 trillion (USD 67.2 billion) and link ...
The Laotian Times
https://laotiantimes.com/2019/07/08/thailands-first-bullet-train-to-include-laos-as-destination/
Laos needs to seize opportunities offered by Laos-China railway
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The government has acknowledged that it needs to be well prepared to provide transit services in an effort to benefit from the Laos-China railway.Minister of Planning and Investment Dr Souphan Keomixay told Vientiane Times recently that the government is encouraging private enterprises to develop ...
Times Reporters
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-needs-seize-opportunities-offered-laos-china-railway-99721
Lao Railway vocational school project right on track
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Thousands of local jobs will be created by the Laos-China railway when the project becomes operational in 2021, according to a senior government official.The government is planning to build a Lao railway vocational technical college with the assistance of the Chinese ...
Somsack Pongkhao
http://annx.asianews.network/content/railway-vocational-school-project-right-track-99525
Laos, Thailand to start building railway extension into Vientiane
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos and Thailand have agreed to start Phase II of the construction of the Laos-Thailand railway, which will link the existing suburban station to central Vientiane. The 7.5 km extension is expected to be complete at the end of 2021.The Department of ...
Times Reporters
http://annx.asianews.network/content/laos-thailand-start-building-railway-extension-vientiane-99390
Laos, Thailand Sign New Cross-border Road and Rail Deal
Laos and Thailand have signed an agreement to extend road and rail connections between the two countries worth more than THB 3 billion (USD 98.2 million).Under the agreement, the two countries plan to improve the R11 road linking the Phudu border checkpoint in Uttaradit province ...
The Laotian Times
https://laotiantimes.com/2019/07/01/laos-thailand-sign-new-cross-border-road-and-rail-deal/
New guidance issued for railway development in Laos
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – President Bounnhang Vorachit recently issued a presidential ordinance promulgating the new Law on Railways, which provides guidance on railway development.The 50-page law defines principles, regulations and measures to manage, follow up and inspect railway affairs. These are aimed at ensuring the ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Railway’s two largest stations in Laos under construction
Workers are currently preparing the ground for the construction of the two largest stations on the Laos-China railway – one near the Chinese border and the other at the end of the line in Vientiane.An employee on the Laos-China Railway Construction Project, who asked not ...
Khonesavanh Latsaphao
Thailand to Sign Pact with China, Laos on Bridge for High-Speed Railway
Thailand, China and Laos will sign a memorandum of cooperation on a new bridge for a railway across the Mekong River during Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha’s Beijing visit this week, a Thai foreign ministry official said Tuesday.The bridge would link Thailand’s northeastern Nong Khai province ...
BenarNews
Luang Prabang’s Mekong bridge a vital link in Laos-China railway
LUANG PRABANG, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – In about two years from now, Lao-Chinese trains will emerge from a tunnel, cross the Mekong River railway bridge in Luang Prabang and then quickly disappear inside another mountain.At the bridge site, the river is about one kilometre wide, ...
News Desk
Railway tunnel engineers seek ways to prevent salt damage
LUANG NAMTHA, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Construction of a railway tunnel at the Laos-China border in Luang Namtha province will require the use of materials that are resistant to salt damage, so the track is not affected by the large salt deposits in the ground.Chinese ...
News Desk