A model on display at a public hearing on Tuesday shows a light rail train running on a street in Muang district of Nakhon Ratchasima. (Photo by Prasit Tangprasert)Construction of the first mass transit line in Nakhon Ratchasima could start by 2020 after cabinet approval, an academic has said. Rattaphol Pueboobpaphan, a railway expert at Suranaree University of Technology, said the first phase of the light rail construction is expected to commence by 2020. A public transport network will help ease the situation, she said. The agency conducted two public hearings and 12 meetings with local people before establishing a masterplan for a light rail system in the province.

Source: Bangkok Post August 01, 2017 09:45 UTC