Thailand pushes for high-speed rail link with China to be used for freight
The first phase of a delayed high-speed rail link between China and Thailand is back on track after its environmental impact assessment was approved – but now doubts have been cast over whether it will have enough passengers to warrant its US$5.2 billion price tag.
[…]It will be Thailand’s first high-speed railway and is one of a number of high-profile projects being developed as part of China’s ambition for a pan-Asia railway network spanning from Kunming in Yunnan province through Laos, Thailand and Malaysia to Singapore. Construction of the Laos section began last year.
Wendy Wu
