Contract signing with the auction winners for the second, 11km-long stretch, valued at around 10 billion baht, will happen in July. Land clearing for the phase's pilot 3.5km stretch from Klang Dong to Pang Asok in Nakhon Ratchasima began last December. Designs for the final stretch of the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima route from Bang Sue to Kaeng Khoi will be submitted by China in August. Upon the first phases' completion in either late 2021 or early 2022, the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima route will have six stations. The Thai-Chinese high-speed railway's second phase, stretching from Nakhon Ratchasima to Nong Khai, is still in its early planning stages.

Source: Bangkok Post February 20, 2018 23:03 UTC