webfact Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Double-track railway to be proposed to Ubon Ratchathani cabinet meeting By Thai PBS The private sector of the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani plans to propose the construction of a double-track railway to the Lao border and the expansion of Ubon Ratchathani airport and the regional hospital during the mobile Cabinet meeting in Ubon Ratchathani and Amnat Charoen on July 23-24. Somchart Pongpanakrai, president of the Ubon Ratchathani Chamber of Commerce, said the public sector wants to ask the government to expand an existing highway to four lanes from Ubon Ratchathani to Tambon Ban Tan in Ban Tan district where the 6th Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge will be built and improve Highway 24 from Det Udom distict to Chong Mek, a border check-point with Laos. He said a proposal will also be made for the Ubon Ratchathani international airport to have five more parking bays to accommodate about 1.4 million passengers using the airport annually. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/double-track-railway-proposed-ubon-ratchathani-cabinet-meeting/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-07-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 2 hours ago, webfact said: The private sector of the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani plans to propose the construction of a double-track railway to the Lao border I'm sure it will be completed and running the week after the current Bullshit Express #1 to Laos & China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Ah; yet another railway that will never move off the drawing board; how tiresome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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