"Construction for the first 3.5km of the Sino-Thai train project will definitely begin in December," said Mr Arkhom. Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Minister of Transport, detailed new, updated plans for the Sino-Thai railway at the seminar entitled 'One Belt One Road', organised Wednesday by Post Publishing. The working committee responsible for the Sino-Thai high-speed railway project had their 14th meeting on Wednesday. The Sino-Thai high-speed railway is expected to link with the Sino-Lao high-speed train project in the future, said Mr Arkhom. The Thai prime minister and his Malaysian counterpart have also discussed building a high-speed train from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post September 21, 2016 22:18 UTC