3-airport rail link hits another bumpAn artist's impression of the high-speed train for the track to be built by the Charoen Pokphand consortium connecting Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and U-tapao airports. The ministry needs a new SRT board to be in place first, to avoid the possibility of the contract being invalidated if the agreement is inked in its absence, he said. The ministry and SRT denied there was a land issue, and rejected risk-sharing. Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala, a former deputy governor of the central bank and former finance minister, accused the government of "deceiving people" by using the high-speed rail project to divert national budget into the pockets of certain business groups. The government, he said, should have invested in a double-track system connecting the three airports, which would cost 50 billion baht, or three times less than the high-speed project.

Source: Bangkok Post October 08, 2019 23:42 UTC