The Ministry of Transport is expediting the delayed orange line electric train project while preparing to sign a dual track rail contract with China.
Minister of Transport ACM Prachin Chantong said the ministry had planned to push for the delayed electric train project and would request the Cabinet to approve it in January 2015. The ministry would also urgently implement three other electric train projects including the Green Line (Mo Chit-Saphan Mai-Ku Khot), Yellow Line (Lat Phrao-Bang Kapi-Samrong) and Pink Line (Khae Rai-Min Buri). They would be submitted to the Cabinet for consideration mid 2015, said the minister.
As for the dual track rail project, the minister said Thailand and China would sign the contract this year during the Chinese prime minister’s visit to Thailand on 25 December or the Thai premier’s trip to China. The ministry was consulting with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about an infrastructure fund for the project, he added.
