Thailand hopes a rail link with China will offer faster delivery of goods to southern Chinese provinces. An 80-rai site at the Nong Khai railway station would be developed as a depot to handle international trade, said Kittiphan Panchan, the department’s director-general. Trains between Nong Khai station and the Thanaleng border station in Laos now share the bridge with motor vehicles crossing between the two countries. The department did not give a timeline for the projects, but there is new urgency since the 471-kilometre Laos-China rail line is nearly completed. Thailand now expects to be able to connect with Laos and China in 2028 when the first high-speed train line from Bangkok to Nong Khai is completed.

Source: Bangkok Post September 17, 2021 13:52 UTC