The Office of State Enterprise Policy Committee has been instructed by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak to include the Bangkok-Hua Hin and Bangkok-Rayong high-speed train projects into the PPP’s (Public Private Partnership) fast-track programme.
Dr Somkid said that the inclusion of two high-speed train projects in the PPP programme was intended to speed up implementation of the infrastructure projects now that five similar projects have already taken off including the mass transit system, the motorway and the special highways.
There have been enough studies about the two high-speed train projects with only one remaining issue, that is how the private sector will participate and in what form – private sector’s complete responsibility for the entire projects or just operating the train services; government’s investment in infrastructure and train system and the private sector chosen to operate the services.
The Transport Ministry will work out all the details and the various options for submission to the PPP committee for consideration.
